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  • Preview 2022 鈥 New German govt enters decisive energy transition year with high climate ambitions

    What to watch in energy & climate in Germany and beyond 20 Jan 2022, 10:42 2022 marks a crucial year for Germany's energy transition. The new government plans a massive acceleration of the country's renewables roll-out, wants to pull forward ...
  • 24 Feb 2023 |

    Putin鈥檚 war against Ukraine and its implications for the German and EU energy transition

    End of dependence on Russian fossil fuels 24 Feb 2023, 10:40 After one year of war in Ukraine, Europe's energy and security architecture has gone through momentous changes. Germany and other European nations have largely made themselves independent ...
  • 27 Sep 2021 |

    Vote21- German elections set the scene for key decade of energy transition

    Climate and COVID define campaigns as Merkel's era comes to an end 27 Sep 2021, 15:00 Germany is heading towards a three-party federal government with a significant climate action focus as the Social Democrats scored a thin victory in the federal ...
  • Legacy of East-West divide lives on in Germany's climate and energy debate

    Different histories, different attitudes, different incomes 鈥 one shared climate goal 25 Sep 2024, 08:49 The separation of Germany into East and West ended more than three decades ago, but the divide's legacy can still be felt today in many aspects ...
  • 06 Jan 2023 |

    Preview 2023: What to watch in energy & climate in Germany, Europe and beyond

    Reality check of the energy crisis set to drive resolve in the move to climate neutrality 06 Jan 2023, 11:12 As a result of the global upheavals caused by the war in Ukraine and the ongoing pandemic, a look at the year ahead is saddled with unprecedented ...
  • Preview 2020: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 targets under scrutiny in year of global climate action

    03 Feb 2020, 14:53 2020 will be a year of global climate action as countries are called upon to ratchet up ambitions under the Paris Agreement. The shaky German government will be in the midst of what many hope to be a European diplomatic effort to ...
  • Time for trucks: The next big thing in the shift to climate-friendly transport

    The decarbonization of heavy duty freight 05 Feb 2021, 11:15 New emissions rules for trucks have fired the starting gun for cleaning up heavy-duty road freight. But while cars and vans are going battery-electric, the question remains: Will trucks run on ...
  • 02 Apr 2025 |

    Skills shortage growing challenge for global energy transition

    Jobs for the energy transition 02 Apr 2025, 10:09 麻豆无码版 systems around the world must be reshaped to meet the rising global appetite- while keeping the climate goals alive. But a growing lack of skilled workers threatens this transition. Financing ...
  • 03 Feb 2021 |

    Cooperation vs competition: How EU-China relations shape fight against climate change

    The relationship between China and Europe in the global energy transition 03 Feb 2021, 10:22 While the new US administration strives for climate leadership, relations between the EU and China remain key in global efforts to cut emissions. The coronavirus ...
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  • 08 Feb 2021 |

    German state agriculture ministers can鈥檛 agree on spending more on climate

    08 Feb 2021, 13:16 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Kerstine Appunn Agriculture Agrarheute / dpa The 16 German federal states have been unable to find a solution on how to spend farming subsidies allocated to ...
  • 14 Sep 2021 |

    Merkel successor must get EU states on board for ambitious climate package 鈥 former commissioner

    14 Sep 2021, 10:00 The EU鈥檚 鈥楩it for 55鈥 package of climate and energy legislation will be 鈥渋ncredibly difficult鈥 to get through member states and German chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 successor must be willing to spend time, energy and diplomatic capital, ...
  • 15 Dec 2022 |

    Preview 2023: Germany must make up for lost year in mobility transition 鈥 think tank

    15 Dec 2022, 11:57 Germany urgently needs an overarching plan to reduce transport emissions in the new year, given that the government didn鈥檛 make any headway during its first year in office, Wiebke Zimmer, deputy executive director of clean mobility ...
  • 20 Feb 2025

    In brief | 20 February '25

    20 Feb 2025, 10:16 麻豆无码版 Team Carbon Brief: Profile: Germany The nation with both the most renewable power and the highest emissions in Europe. Agora Energiewende: Update FAQ on Germany's Energiewende An interactive dashboard with data and FAQs on the ...
  • DAX companies鈥 long-term emission reduction plans insufficient to reach net-zero targets 鈥 consultancy

    24 Oct 2022, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Finance Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 Sixty percent of the top 20 DAX companies 鈥 major German businesses trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 鈥 have set themselves net-zero greenhouse gas emission ...
  • 10 Jan 2025

    In brief | 10 January '25

    10 Jan 2025, 10:21 麻豆无码版 Team Copernicus Climate Change Service: 2024 鈥 a second record-breaking year, following the exceptional 2023 Multiple global records were broken, for greenhouse gas levels, and for both air temperature and sea surface temperature, ...
  • German chemical producers eye substitution of fossil fuels in bid to achieve resource circularity

    01 Mar 2021, 14:03 Expert BASF Business & Jobs Fossil fuels Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Resources & Recycling Handelsblatt German chemicals companies BASF, Covestro and others are eager to find more sustainable substitutes for many raw materials ...
  • 01 Jul 2022 |

    Major energy scenarios see Germany without nuclear in the future 鈥 analysis

    01 Jul 2022, 13:10 Kerstine Appunn Nuclear phase-out 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 future power system will function in a reliable and cost-efficient way if the country sticks to its end-2022 nuclear phase-out date, a meta-analysis of several energy ...
  • 鈥湷冶鸢静共圆忖檚 planned economy鈥

    New guidelines for the industry in the German government鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 bear traces of a planned economy, writes Christoph Eisenring in Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung. He cites measures such as expanding the area of arable land reserved for ecological ...
  • 27 May 2019 |

    Heating manufacturer sees hydrogen as a solution to sector鈥檚 inefficiency

    27 May 2019, 13:49 Rose-Anne Clermont Gas Renewables Hydrogen Die Welt As the need for energy transition across all sectors is made more urgent by the fight against climate change, Germany's leading heating and air conditioning manufacturer Vaillant ...
  • 11 May 2020 |

    Members of Germany's ruling parties call for rapid increase in green hydrogen production

    11 May 2020, 13:44 Edgar Meza Gas Hydrogen Technology Handelsblatt/Energate Messenger German research minister Anja Karliczek, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU party, is pushing for a prompt government decision on a national ...
  • CO鈧 price debate gathers speed within German grand coalition

    29 Apr 2019, 13:39 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • 16 May 2023 |

    Hydrogen heating 鈥渟ham鈥 solution, NGOs, unions, trade groups warn

    16 May 2023, 13:47 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen Heating Zeit Online 鈥淗ydrogen-ready鈥 gas boilers are nothing but window dressing because they delay effective climate action, are unlikely to be ever powered by renewable gas, and could end up being very expensive ...
  • Quarrelling German coalition treads lightly on climate as economy dominates EU election agenda

    30 Apr 2024, 14:44 The surge of populist parties that oppose ambitious climate policies has left its mark on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 national debate as it did in many other European countries ahead of the upcoming EU elections. Fearful of the backlash against the costs ...
  • German infrastructure and climate investment plans face lack of skilled workers 鈥 engineers' association

    19 Mar 2025, 13:06 Carolina Kyllmann Business & Jobs Government n-tv There are not enough skilled workers to carry out infrastructure modernisation improvements set out in Germany's historic investment agreement, the Association of German ...
  • 01 Mar 2022 |

    UN climate scientists warn window for mitigation is closing- Reactions from Germany

    01 Mar 2022, 13:29 The world is already facing 鈥渦nequivocal" consequences of climate change and damages will increase rapidly with rising temperatures, the United Nation鈥檚 climate science body IPCC is warning in its new landmark report. The paper on ...
  • 01 Mar 2021 |

    Protest at Hamburg coal-fired heating plant against possible use of Namibian wood

    01 Mar 2021, 14:33 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Cities 麻豆无码版 Climate activists have protested at a coal-fired heating plant in Hamburg that could be converted to use imported wood as a fuel due to the coal-phase out plans of Germany's second ...
  • COP26 delay no excuse to put off climate action, German officials and activists say

    02 Apr 2020, 13:31 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 The decision to postpone the COP26 UN climate negotiations because of the coronavirus pandemic drew praise and concern from Germany. Government officials, experts and ...
  • 18 Jun 2020 |

    Expectations for German EU Council presidency high, climate a priority 鈥 Merkel

    18 Jun 2020, 14:04 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Policy EU 麻豆无码版 Germany will focus its upcoming EU Council presidency on the dual challenges of overcoming the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and making the continent more ...
  • 29 Jun 2016 |

    New draft of Climate Action Plan 2050 without clear plan for coal exit or CO2 sector targets

    A new draft version of the Climate Action Plan 2050 that is to describe the pathway to a decarbonised economy has been leaked (and seen by the 麻豆无码版). Unlike a former version by the Environment Ministry, the new draft- which was compiled after ...
  • 10 Feb 2020 |

    German government urges EU to not tighten vehicle emissions limits

    10 Feb 2020, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars International Zeit Online / dpa / n-tv / 麻豆无码版 The car industry should remain exempt from plans by the European Commission to increase the European 2030 emissions reduction target, Germany's ...
  • 20 May 2022 |

    State CDU says gas power plants needed for supply security, but NGOs decry reliance

    20 May 2022, 13:44 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg ...
  • 31 Jul 2024 |

    Many German cities badly prepared for rising temperatures 鈥 report

    31 Jul 2024, 13:43 Edgar Meza Adaptation Cities 麻豆无码版 The majority of cities in Germany do not adequately protect people from the increasing incidence of extremely high temperatures associated with the climate crisis, according to a聽 report ...
  • 25 Mar 2025 |

    New wastewater treatment plant uses sewage to produce climate-friendly shipping fuel

    25 Mar 2025, 13:21 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Freight 麻豆无码版 A consortium linked to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has built a plant at the Mannheim wastewater treatment plant that cleans generated biogas and uses the resulting ...
  • 07 Mar 2025 |

    Local utilities call for expansion of district heating, grid fee reform for energy transition 鈥渞estart鈥

    07 Mar 2025, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Grid Utilities 麻豆无码版 Germany should restart its transition away from fossil fuel-based energy with a larger focus on cost-efficiency, said local utility association VKU. Among the proposals for the country鈥檚 ...
  • 27 Feb 2025 |

    Germany forecast to continue to be net emitter past climate neutrality deadline 鈥 report

    27 Feb 2025, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Heating Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 Germany could continue to emit greenhouse gases past its 2045 deadline to become climate neutral, with Norwegian certification company DNV forecasting emission ...
  • 07 May 2024 |

    Majority of Europeans want EU to play a leading role in global climate action 鈥 survey

    07 May 2024, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Society EUElections2024 麻豆无码版 A majority of EU citizens want the union to play a leading role in global efforts to counter climate change, a聽 survey 聽ahead of the European elections by More in Common has ...
  • 25 Jun 2025 |

    German government approves draft law to accelerate renewables expansion

    25 Jun 2025, 13:33 Edgar Meza Renewables Policy taz 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government has approved a draft law to accelerate the expansion of renewable energy sources in line with the European Union鈥檚 Renewable 麻豆无码版 Directive (RED)聽III, newspaper taz聽 ...
  • 23 Jan 2019 |

    Coal commission draft recommends shielding consumers from rising power prices 鈥 media

    23 Jan 2019, 11:04 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit commission will propose to protect companies and private households from rising electricity prices resulting from a state-driven phase-out of the fossil fuel,聽 Reuters news agency says citing a draft report [shorter ...
  • New SPD leaders put German government鈥檚 future in doubt with climate demands

    02 Dec 2019, 13:45 The members of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Social Democratic Party (SPD) have unexpectedly voted for a more left-leaning leadership, casting doubt on the future of the coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance. The ...
  • Tracking the CO2 price debate in Germany

    17 Sep 2019, 13:28 After shying away from the debate for a long time, Germany's political leaders are finally considering putting a price on CO2 to help reach the country's climate targets. Chancellor Angela Merkel and her " climate cabinet ...
  • 10 May 2022 |

    Eager house owners and govt's climate push boost German solar industry's confidence

    10 May 2022, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar 麻豆无码版 The business confidence index for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 solar power industry has reached a new all-time high, as solar PV installations become more and more popular among house owners and the government鈥檚 ...
  • Climate-damaging subsidies cost Germany 46 billion euros per year- study

    11 Nov 2020, 13:18 Expert F脰S- Green Budget Germany Forum 脰kologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft Energiewende Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 If Germany gradually reduced ten particularly climate ...
  • Germany bets on green hydrogen in quest for climate neutrality

    27 Apr 2020, 13:10 In the fight against climate change, hydrogen made with renewable electricity is increasingly seen as a silver bullet for sectors with particularly stubborn emissions, such as heavy industry and aviation. As a result, the emission-free ...
  • 02 May 2025 |

    Dispatch from France | May '25

    02 May 2025, 14:40 Against the backdrop of the major blackout on the Iberian Peninsula in late April, which also affected parts of France, the country is heading for controversial discussions about its energy strategy for the coming decade. A focus will ...
  • 30 Jun 2021 |

    German president cautions 'giant steps' needed to curb climate change, says topic dominates election

    30 Jun 2021, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics dpa / Zeit Online German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has cautioned that tackling climate change will require "giant steps" by governments and citizens around the world if global ...
  • 11 Nov 2021 |

    Day 11 at COP26: Germany and other EU countries call for nuclear-free taxonomy

    11 Nov 2021, 16:01 After a week of political announcements, ministers this week join their negotiators to hash out the nitty-gritty of the Paris Agreement rulebook and eyes are on a possible solution for carbon markets under Article 6. Meanwhile in ...
  • 21 Jan 2022 |
    Gas

    Grid agency seeks information on gas pipelines fit for conversion to hydrogen transport

    21 Jan 2022, 12:21 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has approved the German gas transmission grid operators鈥 framework scenario to develop the grid over the next ten years, but called on them to identify natural ...
  • German climate law put off as disagreements weigh on governing coalition

    18 Feb 2019, 13:24 A dispute over what is supposed to be its most important climate policy is adding to the woes of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 governing coalition. Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and their centre-left coalition partner SPD are ...
  • 15 Nov 2021 |

    German reactions to the COP26 climate summit results

    15 Nov 2021, 12:10 The UN climate summit COP26 in Glasgow has heralded in the end of the fossil fuel era, said German environment minister Svenja Schulze shortly after the conference. However, not everyone saw the two-week meeting聽in a similarly positive ...
  • Biden鈥檚 global climate summit raises hopes among German NGOs and industry

    22 Apr 2021, 10:00 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil ...
  • 30 May 2025 |

    Dispatch from Italy | May '25

    30 May 2025, 15:00 Italy is facing a delay in the phase-out of coal, as the future of a major coal-fired power plant near Rome remains unclear, despite plans for its closure by the end of the year. The uncertainty is partly fuelled by industry concerns ...
  • 02 May 2024 |

    2035 coal exit deal by G7 鈥渉istoric success鈥, no need to change German legal end date 鈥 govt

    02 May 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Coal 麻豆无码版 / dpa German government representatives welcomed聽 the agreement 聽by the Group of Seven (G7) major economies to end coal power generation by 2035, and said EU emissions trading means that there is ...
  • German companies face increasing climate action demands from clients and investors 鈥 survey

    22 Mar 2024, 13:12 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Finance Society 麻豆无码版 Clients and financing partners both increasingly demand more climate action from German companies, which respond with a growing emission reduction engagement, according ...
  • Greens surge into second place in Hamburg, climate a key issue for voters

    24 Feb 2020, 13:59 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Euractiv / Tagesschau / Watson The Green Party surged into second place in the Hamburg regional elections this weekend, doubling its share of the vote after a campaign in which ...
  • Economy ministry urges next German gov't to rethink renewables targets, allow carbon capture

    25 Mar 2025, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Carbon removal Renewables Policy Tagesspiegel Background Germany's economy ministry (BMWK), which is currently run by the Greens, who will likely not be part of the new coalition government, has presented ...
  • 14 Dec 2020 |

    Germany pledges 500 million euros at Paris Agreement anniversary summit that leaves critics unimpressed

    14 Dec 2020, 14:20 Charlotte Nijhuis Politics International EU Der Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged an additional 500 million euros to help poorer countries in their effort to protect the climate in the context of ...
  • Planting trees can be 鈥渕ain weapon against climate change鈥 鈥 study

    09 Jul 2019, 11:57 CORRECTION: This article previously stated that Gerd M眉ller is Germany's environment minister. That was a mistake. He is Germany's development minister. Planting huge amounts of trees across the globe could be an effective way ...
  • 21 Dec 2015 |

    German CO2 emissions rise in 2015 despite renewables surge

    21 Dec 2015, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 CO2 emissions have inched up in 2015 despite a rapidly increasing share of renewables in electricity production, according to first calculations by energy market research group AG Energiebilanzen. The main cause for the year ...
  • 14 Sep 2022 |

    Germany to quickly extend industry energy price relief to smaller companies

    14 Sep 2022, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Policy 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany will receive government support to cushion the impact of high gas and electricity costs on the companies as ...
  • 23 Jun 2023 |

    French-German energy policy rift puts EU鈥檚 climate lead at risk- expert

    23 Jun 2023, 10:00 As the two largest economies in the European Union, France and Germany, for at least a decade have acted as the bloc鈥檚 key drivers of more ambitious climate action. A glaring gap in the two countries鈥 energy policy has been exposed in ...
  • 15 Jan 2019 |

    Reform of European agricultural policy key to more eco-friendly farming 鈥 env min

    15 Jan 2019, 12:10 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture 麻豆无码版 / Tageszeitung Germany's position on the reform of the EU's common agricultural policy (CAP) is in danger of not being heard in Brussels because of a lack of coordination between ...
  • 12 Feb 2021 |

    Car of the future must be climate neutral 'smartphone on wheels' 鈥 German president

    12 Feb 2021, 13:54 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert IG Metall-Industrial Union of Metalworkers IG Metall Transport Business & Jobs Expert PIK- The ...
  • 21 Jan 2025 |

    Reduced electricity demand could slash 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transition investments by 2035 鈥 report

    21 Jan 2025, 12:35 Edgar Meza Electricity Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Net electricity consumption in Germany may not rise as much in the coming years as assumed in current regulatory planning, according to a report by consultancy McKinsey. ...
  • 16 Jul 2024 |

    Germany bets on diversified supply in draft hydrogen import strategy

    16 Jul 2024, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background The German government plans to have a diversified import structure for green hydrogen, shows a draft strategy seen by Tagesspiegel Background. It counts on pipelines to supplier ...
  • 10 Nov 2017 |

    COP23- Day 5: Progress in tough talks

    10 Nov 2017, 00:00 Tough talks- but not yet reason to worry / EU remains steadfast on pre-2020 action and inflexible on Adaptation Fund / "No jobs on a dead planet"- trade unions / Climate-smart agriculture / Effects of climate change in Germany ...
  • Vote25: Next German gov鈥檛 must tap into renewables鈥 potential for 鈥楧unkelflaute鈥 backup capacities- BEE

    29 Nov 2024, 13:45 The collapsed coalition of chancellor Olaf Scholz achieved a few important breakthroughs for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition that should not be sacrificed for point-scoring in election campaigns, says Wolfram Axthelm from the Renewable ...
  • 30 Nov 2022 |

    NGO calls for making use of plug-in solar "balcony power plants" simpler for German households

    30 Nov 2022, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Citizens' energy Solar 麻豆无码版 A 鈥渞adical simplification鈥 in the registration, installation and commissioning of plug-in solar units is needed in Germany to involve more homeowners and tenants to ...
  • Over 7,000 scientists call for more climate engagement from future German gov't

    13 Mar 2025, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Society Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 Thousands of scientists from a broad section of fields have come together to urge Germany's next government to prioritise climate policy. "We are very ...
  • 04 Jun 2024 |

    EU elections will not trigger Green Deal rollback, but future ambition at stake 鈥 researcher

    04 Jun 2024, 14:00 The European Parliament elections this week (6-9 June) are unlikely to cause a big rollback of existing EU Green Deal legislation, but a projected shift to right-wing 鈥 and often climate action sceptic 鈥 parties could lower ambition ...
  • 01 Mar 2024 |

    Climate protesters in Germany join forces with public transport workers to push for change

    01 Mar 2024, 14:06 At the height of its popularity just a few years ago, the climate protest movement Fridays for Future brought over a million people to the streets in Germany and across the world. Yet the movement now fights against losing relevance in ...
  • Germany launches dialogue platform to prepare comprehensive electricity market reform

    20 Feb 2023, 16:47 On the path to a climate neutral electricity system that is largely covered by renewable sources, Germany is planning a reform to its electricity market. Inaugurating the 鈥Climate Neutral Electricity System Platform鈥, the economy and ...
  • 22 Oct 2021 |

    Ambitious climate targets can create job opportunities in Germany 鈥 analysis

    22 Oct 2021, 13:11 Charlotte Nijhuis Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 More ambitious climate protection can strengthen the German economy and create jobs, according to an analysis by the Society for Economic Structural Research (GWS) commissioned by ...
  • 27 Oct 2020 |

    German government calls for closer climate cooperation with US as elections loom

    27 Oct 2020, 13:28 International dpa Germany is eager to work more closely with the United States on climate action once again, foreign minister Heiko Maas said in statements reported by dpa this week. Maas said that he and environment minister Svenja ...
  • 21 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淚nvesting in renewable energy, disempowering energy corporations鈥

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Energiewende should be democratic, ecologic and social, said the Left Party鈥檚 energy and climate spokesperson Eva Bulling-Schr枚ter, presenting the Left鈥檚 energy policy cornerstones at an event by Forum Future Energies in Berlin. In the draft of ...
  • 16 Dec 2020 |

    EU taxonomy could deliver breakthrough in sustainable finance 鈥 researchers

    16 Dec 2020, 15:16 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Finance EU Clean ...
  • 09 May 2019 |

    Merkel鈥檚 partner CSU wants climate action through lower taxes

    09 May 2019, 14:11 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Policy 麻豆无码版 The Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) 鈥 part of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 alliance of centre-right parties 鈥 is sceptical regarding the introduction of a new CO鈧 tax. The ...
  • 06 Sep 2023 |

    Germany plans to spend more than 鈧1 bln on nuclear fusion research by 2028

    06 Sep 2023, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Policy 麻豆无码版 More than one billion euros will be invested by the German government on fusion research over the next five years. "Fusion is a huge opportunity to solve all our energy ...
  • 17 Mar 2025 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 biggest energy companies call for energy transition 鈥渞estart鈥 and fewer rules

    17 Mar 2025, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables 麻豆无码版 The German energy transition requires a 鈥渞estart鈥 as the country is on the verge of establishing a climate neutral energy system and renewables already account for about ...
  • 18 Mar 2022 |

    Government says it will launch 'major efficiency programme' soon

    18 Mar 2022, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Efficiency Policy dpa The German government has announced a comprehensive programme for energy savings as part of its push to reduce Germany's dependence on fossil fuel imports. "As the federal government, we ...
  • 16 Sep 2021 |

    EU climate policy not featuring enough in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 election campaign 鈥 NGOs

    16 Sep 2021, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 EU 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung While climate policy is one of the top issues in the September federal election campaign, climate and energy policy on a European level hardly features at all, ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate cabinet ready to discuss introduction of carbon price

    10 Apr 2019, 13:46 Germany's so-called climate cabinet- a round of ministers with key responsibilities touching climate issues- has decided to discuss options for a carbon price at its first meeting in Berlin today. Environment minister Svenja ...
  • Next federal government urged to introduce coal emergency programme to reach 2020 climate goal

    Greenpeace Germany has proposed to the next German federal government an emergency programme for coal to 鈥渓argely reach鈥 the country鈥檚 2020 climate target. The proposal focuses on throttling or shutting down the 鈥渙ldest and dirtiest lignite power plants,鈥 ...
  • 26 Mar 2025 |

    Governments at pre-COP30 summit push for global climate cooperation in face of 鈥渟poilers鈥

    26 Mar 2025, 13:53 Julian Wettengel International 麻豆无码版 Representatives of around 40 governments have used a climate conference in Germany to call for multilateral cooperation in combatting climate change, even as some countries are stepping ...
  • 06 Jul 2020 |

    Government 鈥渂lackmailed鈥 over coal-power phaseout bill 鈥 media reactions

    06 Jul 2020, 12:23 Coal Spiegel / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / DW / NDR Following the German parliament鈥檚 vote on Friday in favour of a law ending all coal power production by 2038, the country鈥檚 media has been reacting to the controversial bill. As well as an ...
  • 18 Dec 2024

    In brief | 18 December '24

    18 Dec 2024, 11:15 麻豆无码版 Team Bertelsmann Stiftung: Climate neutrality: The OECD and EU countries best equipped to lead the way The analysis compares the effectiveness of national policies in climate protection, energy transition and circular economy ...
  • 08 Jul 2020 |

    European energy system has to be 100% renewable by 2040 鈥 researchers

    08 Jul 2020, 13:50 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 03 May 2021 |

    New German state governments agree to focus on climate- media reports

    03 May 2021, 12:52 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine / SWR / ARD The new coalition governments in the German states of聽Rhineland-Palatinate聽and Baden-W眉rttemberg are set to commit to ambitious climate protection plans following ...
  • Free Democrats decide election campaign programme

    The German Free Democratic Party (FDP) approved its election campaign programme at a federal party conference. The FDP wants to 鈥渆nd the sustained subsidies system of the EEG [Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act]鈥 with its priority grid access and feed-in tariffs for ...
  • 03 Mar 2025

    In brief | 3 March '25

    03 Mar 2025, 12:15 麻豆无码版 Team DW: Social Democrats lead Hamburg state election: early results The Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens look set to be able to continue their coalition in the northern city state of Hamburg following a regional election ...
  • 06 Dec 2021 |

    New German government cabinet complete as parties greenlight coalition treaty

    06 Dec 2021, 13:49 With the last minister choices announced and the Greens' and Social Democrat's (SPD) party basis confirming the coalition agreement, Germany's next government is set to be elected on Wednesday, 8 December. The SPD will ...
  • 26 Jun 2025 |

    Berlin court allows referendum on making German capital largely car free

    26 Jun 2025, 13:56 Edgar Meza Cars Cities Tagesspiegel A Berlin court has ruled that a referendum aiming to largely ban cars from the city centre is permissible, newspaper Tagesspiegel reported. The move paves the way for a what is expected to become a ...
  • 03 Nov 2023 |

    Germany should not lift debt rules to fund long-term climate measures 鈥 finance minister

    03 Nov 2023, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Politics Der Spiegel Climate action and the transformation of the economy are no 鈥渆xceptional emergencies鈥 that warrant a suspension of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 cap on government lending, finance minister Christian Lindner wrote in ...
  • 06 Jun 2019 |

    German city of Hamburg decides to end coal heating by 2030 following citizens鈥 initiative

    06 Jun 2019, 14:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Cities 麻豆无码版 A citizen initiative in Hamburg has succeeded in pushing for the end of coal heating by 2030 in the northern port city. 鈥淭he use of coal in district heating has to be avoided as quickly ...
  • 18 Mar 2025 |

    Refurbishing most energy-inefficient buildings key lever for rapid buildings' emission reduction 鈥 report

    18 Mar 2025, 13:42 Jack McGovan Efficiency Construction 麻豆无码版 Buildings in the worst energy efficiency categories have above-average carbon emissions, so targeting them first for refurbishments would have a significant climate impact, ...
  • 27 Mar 2019 |

    German task force can't agree on sufficient traffic emissions cuts

    27 Mar 2019, 15:42 The German commission charged with proposing emissions cuts for the nation's transport sector has failed to agree on enough steps to reach the country鈥檚 climate targets. During what was billed as the decisive meeting, members could ...
  • 18 Jun 2020 |

    Hopes for EU-China climate deal centre on green recovery

    18 Jun 2020, 12:00 A joint push by the EU and China remains the best hope to drive global climate action and build momentum ahead of next year鈥檚 UN climate talks, researchers and NGOs say. The coronavirus pandemic has shifted national priorities, raised ...
  • IPCC land use report shows climate change threat to global livelihood 鈥 env min

    08 Aug 2019, 13:41 A new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on land use shows that climate change is threatening the world's food supply and livelihood, making it an "existential question", said German ...
  • 07 Mar 2025 |

    Germany affirms resilience of energy transition partnerships after U.S. withdrawal

    07 Mar 2025, 13:23 Julian Wettengel International 麻豆无码版 / Reuters The German state secretary Jochen Flasbarth has said the government regretted the U.S. withdrawal from international partnerships to support major global polluters鈥 socially ...
  • 04 Feb 2020 |

    Planned leftist state minority govt promises 鈥楪reen New Deal for Thuringia鈥

    04 Feb 2020, 13:45 Freja Eriksen Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 / MDR Th眉ringen [UPDATE note: In a surprise result, Thuringia鈥檚 parliament on 5 February 2020 elected Thomas Kemmerich from the business-friendly Free Democratic Party (FDP) as ...
  • Roads, railway system to be priorities in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 special fund investments 鈥 Merz

    14 Apr 2025, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government Handelsblatt / ARD Railway and road infrastructure are priority areas for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 major investment package for infrastructure and climate neutrality, the country鈥檚 chancellor-in ...
  • German env min calls for raising taxes on transport and heating fuels

    05 Jul 2019, 14:17 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost ...
  • 11 Mar 2025 |

    Costs major hurdle to reaching climate neutrality in 2045 鈥 local utilities

    11 Mar 2025, 13:47 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Utilities 麻豆无码版 More than two-thirds of municipal utilities in a survey by the German Association of Local Utilities (VKU) consider the country's target to reach climate neutrality by 2045 ...
  • Investors bet record 鈧130mln on German fusion startup Proxima

    11 Jun 2025, 13:55 German startup Proxima Fusion has raised 130 million euros from private investors. The record funding reflects both growing optimism that nuclear fusion will provide plentiful and clean energy in the not-too-distant future, and Europe鈥檚 ...
  • 06 Apr 2018 |

    Env minister calls for state support programme for climate projects in industry

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, wants to introduce a state support programme for climate projects in industry, she told the Rheinische Post. 鈥淭ogether with my cabinet colleagues from the economy [BMWi] and research [BMBF] ministries, I ...
  • 22 Apr 2025 |

    Germany can meet future hydrogen storage needs with salt caverns 鈥 econ ministry

    22 Apr 2025, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Storage Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany can store enough hydrogen in salt caverns alone to meet more than the maximum expected national and European demand needs, the economy ministry (BMWK ...
  • Merkel leaves work to do with mixed climate legacy

    10 Sep 2021, 10:11 Once touted as the 鈥climate chancellor鈥, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 outgoing head of government Angela Merkel鈥檚 climate leadership over her 16 years in office is now seen by many as middling. International observers commend her steadfast leadership in ...
  • 29 Jan 2025 |

    Financial sector fails to account for climate risks when granting loans, insurance 鈥 supervisors

    29 Jan 2025, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Finance S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Banks and insurers have not been sufficiently accounting for the impacts of climate change, according to a risk report by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). ...
  • 05 May 2021 |

    麻豆无码版 research key to climate neutrality 鈥 govt report

    05 May 2021, 12:37 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Edgar Meza Energiewende Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 23 Jul 2024 |

    Germany needs 鈧43.5 bln district heating investment by 2030 to meet climate goals 鈥 report

    23 Jul 2024, 13:13 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Heating 麻豆无码版 The planned expansion of district heating in Germany will require 43.5 billion euros in investment by 2030 to help the country reach its climate targets, said a report by analysis ...
  • 16 Dec 2022 |

    German agency calls on policymakers to stop trend towards SUVs

    16 Dec 2022, 13:36 Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency S枚ren Amelang Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 The trend towards heavy and fuel-guzzling sports utility vehicles ...
  • 08 Jul 2019 |

    Recurring extreme weather events show Germany must review climate change adaptation strategy 鈥 Merkel

    08 Jul 2019, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany must聽review its climate change adaptation strategy as an early heatwave this year has shown that extreme weather events happen more frequently, said German Chancellor Angela ...
  • 19 Jan 2023 |

    Clashes over village destruction for coal mine damage 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate image abroad 鈥 researcher

    19 Jan 2023, 13:44 Edgar Meza Society Table.Media The protests against the razing of the village of L眉tzerath in order to expand the brown coal mining operations of energy giant RWE are damaging 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 image and standing in international climate ...
  • 07 Jan 2020 |

    Transport and heating tarnish Germany's emission cuts in 2019 鈥 researchers

    07 Jan 2020, 16:05 A sharp drop in coal use put a break on Germany's CO2 emissions last year and pushed the country "surprisingly鈥 close to its 2020 climate target, writes energy think tank Agora Energiewende in its 2019 review. But a rising CO2 ...
  • 12 Feb 2024 |

    Asians more prepared to spend on climate protection than Europeans 鈥 survey

    12 Feb 2024, 13:33 Franca Quecke Cost & Prices Society 麻豆无码版 / Science Media Center Over two thirds (69%) of the world's population are willing to contribute "1% of [their] household income every month to fight global warming, ...
  • 12 Feb 2025 |

    Germans say energy transition costs not fairly distributed, lack trust in key actors 鈥 survey

    12 Feb 2025, 13:39 Bennet Ribbeck Cost & Prices Policy Most Germans say that the country鈥檚 landmark energy transition is not implemented in a socially just way as the burdens are not fairly distributed (63%), and they have little trust in politicians ...
  • Critical reception for government plans to cut power sector emissions

    26 Nov 2014, 00:00 The German government looks set to approve plans to force the power sector to reduce carbon emissions by an additional 22 million tons by 2020. Environmentalists worry the plans don't go far enough and are calling for more coal ...
  • Econ min's 鈥渉istoric鈥 climate consensus ideas met with surprise and suspicion in Germany

    14 Sep 2020, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government 麻豆无码版 The proposal for a " historic consensus " in German society on the need for climate action and the goal of greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050 by economy ...
  • 15 May 2025 |

    Public transport spending benefits German economy, but railway investments drive up construction costs- reports

    15 May 2025, 13:37 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices ...
  • 25 Mar 2024 |

    Germany has used up its "fair share" of CO2 emissions for 1.5掳 limit 鈥 govt advisors

    25 Mar 2024, 13:44 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 If the global temperature rise is to be limited to 1.5掳C, Germany has nearly or fully used up its "fair share" of the remaining global CO2 emissions budget, the German ...
  • 28 Nov 2024

    In brief | 28 November '24

    28 Nov 2024, 10:30 麻豆无码版 Team BPIE: EU buildings sector significantly off track to meet 2030 and 2050 climate goals Overall, the four key indicators of the EU Buildings Climate Tracker 鈥 CO2 emissions reduction, final energy consumption, renewable energy ...
  • 12 Jan 2021 |

    Germany joins international biodiversity coalition

    12 Jan 2021, 13:43 Charlotte Nijhuis International 麻豆无码版 / Der Spiegel Germany is joining the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced at the One Planet Summit for biodiversity in Paris. The ...
  • 28 Jun 2024 |

    German railway associations warn against cuts to sector in budget negotiations

    28 Jun 2024, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Reports that one billion euros of funding to improve 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 railways will instead be spent on building more roads have alarmed rail transport associations and NGOs in ...
  • 08 Nov 2024

    In brief | 8 November '24

    08 Nov 2024, 11:00 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Germany's looming snap vote throws wrench into energy goals 麻豆无码版 was key area of contention within three-party coalition. Industry warns political crisis mustn鈥檛 delay key measures. Bloomberg: Spain鈥檚 ...
  • Demanding climate justice is our unique selling point 鈥 Left Party MP Beutin

    25 Jan 2021, 10:48 Germany is facing a packed election year in 2021 with votes in six of the country鈥檚 16 states and federal parliamentary elections in September. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and positioning of parties ...
  • Vote2017- Barei脽: "We will have to talk about a gradual end to renewables support."

    09 Dec 2016, 00:00 Germans will elect a new federal government in autumn 2017. Security, economic stability and refugees are likely to dominate election campaigns, but keeping the Energiewende on a steady course and fulfilling 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 international ...
  • 26 Mar 2025

    In brief | 26 March '25

    26 Mar 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Vattenfall to build Germany's largest offshore wind farm Swedish power utility Vattenfall said it has made a final investment decision for two wind farm projects in the German North Sea, Nordlicht 1 and 2, the ...
  • Major German companies among world's most active anti-climate action lobbyists- study

    11 Oct 2019, 14:15 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 German car manufacturers Daimler and BMW, utility RWE and building materials company HeidelbergCement are among the world's most influential lobbyists against ...
  • German car industry, NGOs trade blows over European Parliament鈥檚 car fleet emissions proposal

    The proposal by the European Parliament鈥檚 Committee on the Environment to tighten emissions limits for new vehicles has triggered a lively debate in Germany. The country鈥檚 car industry association VDA called the proposal 鈥渉ighly alarming鈥 and 鈥渦nworkable, ...
  • 鈥淢ake our planet great again:鈥 French-German fellowship-programme for energy- and climate research

    In order to push implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement, France and Germany have agreed on setting up a joint programme for climate and energy research for 50 scientists from around the world, the German ministry of education and research (BMBF) ...
  • 01 Nov 2024 |

    Dispatch from the European Union | November '24

    01 Nov 2024, 16:30 As the world heads to the international climate summit COP29, the European Union is in a tricky position. The Brussels machine is still getting back up and running after the June elections, with the European Commission chiefs yet to be ...
  • German NGOs demand highway expansion moratorium under next govt

    01 Sep 2021, 13:37 Edgar Meza Transport Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 Leading German environmental organisations are calling for an immediate halt to the construction and expansion of highways and for a new federal mobility law to be passed ...
  • 14 Nov 2024

    In brief | 14 November '24

    14 Nov 2024, 11:00 麻豆无码版 Team Euractiv: Likely future German coalition divided on energy, climate Germany's conservative CDU/CSU, led by Friedrich Merz, is expected to win the snap election on 23 February according to the latest polls but remains at ...
  • 05 Dec 2019 |

    Industry warns new SPD leaders against tightening Germany's climate package

    05 Dec 2019, 13:08 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 ...
  • 14 Feb 2020 |

    Rhine countries agree measures to make river more climate-resilient

    14 Feb 2020, 13:14 S枚ren Amelang International 麻豆无码版 Eight European nations have agreed on a programme to make the river Rhine and its tributaries more climate-resilient. Germany, France, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, ...
  • 29 Dec 2015 |

    2016 Outlook 鈥 Key topics for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition

    29 Dec 2015, 00:00 2016 is set to be another eventful year in German energy policy. The Paris climate summit underlined the need to reduce emissions even further, which will ultimately involve painful decisions about the future of coal. A series of ...
  • 12 Sep 2024 |

    Germany aims for large-scale carbon capture projects in cement and waste by 2030 鈥 draft strategy

    12 Sep 2024, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry FAZ / 麻豆无码版 The German government is continuing its push for carbon capture and storage technologies with the draft of its planned Carbon Management Strategy, reported Frankfurter ...
  • 26 Jul 2024 |

    Workers struggle with heat as Europe records largest exposure increase 鈥 report

    26 Jul 2024, 13:32 Joey Grostern Adaptation 麻豆无码版 More workers are being exposed to heat stress across the world due to climate change, with Europe and Central Asia experiencing the largest rise in excessive heat exposure in 20 years, ...
  • 26 Jul 2019 |

    Germans choose fuel-guzzling cars, pushing up CO2 emissions

    26 Jul 2019, 13:43 Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cars 麻豆无码版 The intensifying public debate over climate change in ...
  • 21 Dec 2022 |

    Three quarters of German houseowners ready to put solar installation on their roofs 鈥 survey

    21 Dec 2022, 13:28 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Society 麻豆无码版 Three in four houseowners in Germany wish ...
  • Merkel pledges stronger climate action globally and at home

    19 Jun 2018, 18:10 In her speech at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for more ambitious global climate action and multilateral cooperation. At international level, it will be important to develop a rulebook for the ...
  • 28 Jul 2023 |

    Franco-German push for EU green industrial revival needs close alignment to succeed

    28 Jul 2023, 14:30 The European Union鈥檚 two largest economic and industrial leaders, Germany and France, have spearheaded efforts to put the EU ahead in the global scramble for green industry leadership and decarbonisation technologies. Despite ...
  • 19 Feb 2021 |

    German govt supports car industry transformation with investment programme

    19 Feb 2021, 14:08 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 20 Dec 2024 |

    Nigerians press for solar jobs and electricity, with little success

    20 Dec 2024, 10:13 Large-scale solar PV developers have not been able to overcome Nigeria鈥檚 reputation as a risky place to do business, a problem which can be seen across sub-Saharan Africa. Despite tremendous solar potential, very little of it has been ...
  • 17 Apr 2024 |

    Germany wants to speed up hydrogen expansion with 'overriding public interest' law 鈥 media

    17 Apr 2024, 12:50 Jennifer Collins Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background / Handelsblatt Germany's government wants to boost the expansion of hydrogen projects by giving them "overriding public interest" status, which would streamline planning ...
  • 12 Dec 2016 |

    Environment minister considers scrap bonus for combustion engines possible

    German environment minister Barbara Hendricks would consider rewarding owners of cars with combustion engines if they decide to dispense with their vehicles, the minister said in an interview with Welt Online. A so-called scrapping premium would 鈥渘ot come ...
  • German government must leverage opportunities of green procurement 鈥 business initiative

    21 Jul 2025, 11:00 The German state must use its purchasing power to boost the uptake of climate-friendly industry products like green steel and cement by quickly introducing binding climate criteria for public procurement, said the chairwoman of the CEO ...
  • 24 Apr 2025

    In brief | 24 April '25

    24 Apr 2025, 13:14 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: German economy to flatline in 2025 as tariff turmoil hits, government says The German government cut its economic growth forecast and now sees stagnation in 2025 instead of a 0.3% expansion as uncertainty from global ...
  • 05 Jan 2017 |

    Preview2017- 鈥淭ransport remains problem child of the Energiewende鈥

    05 Jan 2017, 00:00 The year 2017 will be filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. In addition to presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • 18 Jul 2022 |

    Berlin launches 鈥渉eat aid鈥 programme as govt gauges extreme weather costs

    18 Jul 2022, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Cities rbb / 麻豆无码版 The city of Berlin will launch a 鈥渉eat aid鈥 programme for homeless people that is aimed at assisting those in need of cooling and hydration during increasingly hot ...
  • 19 Mar 2020 |

    EU should use Green Deal as road map for coronavirus stimulus 鈥 foundations

    19 Mar 2020, 13:59 Foundations are calling on the EU to use any economic stimulus enacted in response to the coronavirus to accelerate the transition to a green economy. The global climate crisis cannot be ignored even as governments focus on the health ...
  • 21 Aug 2024 |

    Germany wants to protect forests against rising temperatures, environmentalists critical of draft law

    21 Aug 2024, 13:43 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Policy RND A draft law from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 agriculture minister, Cem 脰zdemir, to protect the country鈥檚 forests against the effects of climate change has come under criticism for being significantly watered down ...
  • 11 Jan 2021 |

    鈥淲e should be honest about need for blue hydrogen and CCS鈥 鈥 FDP's Lukas K枚hler

    11 Jan 2021, 12:51 Germany is going into a major election year in 2021 with votes in six of the country鈥檚 16 states and the federal parliamentary elections in autumn. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and positioning of ...
  • 10 Jul 2024 |

    German government says no new law planned to ensure coal exit earlier than 2038

    10 Jul 2024, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Coal Policy Tageszeitung / 麻豆无码版 The German government does not intend to introduce a law to pull forward the country鈥檚 coal power phase-out聽from the officially agreed 2038 exit date to 2030. "A legal ...
  • 15 May 2024 |

    EU to miss 2030 green fuels target for aviation 鈥 report

    15 May 2024, 12:31 Julian Wettengel Transport FAZ The European Union is set to fail its target to have 1.2 percent of all aviation fuels available at EU airports comprised of synthetic fuels like e-kerosene by 2030, because global production lags behind, ...
  • 13 Aug 2024 |

    Two thirds in eastern German state of Saxony call for cross-party plan to scale renewables 鈥 survey

    13 Aug 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 Most residents of the eastern German state of Saxony are in favour of the switch to renewables, but many are still concerned about new wind turbines being built near their home ...
  • 07 Jan 2025

    In brief | 7 January '25

    07 Jan 2025, 10:12 麻豆无码版 Team E3G: Four tests driving EU politics in 2025 鈥 and what they mean for climate action Think tank E3G's 2025 EU climate policy briefing, includes timeline of events and developments. ICIS: Net imports of LNG from Russia into ...
  • 27 Oct 2022 |

    Majority of Europeans say energy crisis should make countries speed up transition 鈥 survey

    27 Oct 2022, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Society EU 麻豆无码版 A majority of European Union citizens (66%) say that the war against Ukraine and its impact on the price of oil and gas should lead the bloc to speed up the green transition by reducing the ...
  • Preview2019- BEE: Coal exit will not be enough for Germany

    03 Jan 2019, 11:30 Despite encountering many difficulties, Germany's so-called coal exit commission will manage to sketch a pathway out of coal-fired power production that is acceptable for everyone involved, says Peter R枚ttgen of renewable energy ...
  • German government wants to tackle old coal-fired plants to meet emission goals

    20 Mar 2015, 00:00 UPDATE-- Germany needs a national instrument to reduce carbon emissions from the power sector to meet climate targets by 2020 because even a reformed European Emissions Trading System (ETS) alone will not have enough impact, leaked ...
  • German government sticks to plan for Climate Protection Law in 2019

    The German government will stick to its plan to introduce a Climate Protection Law in 2019 despite聽 major internal difficulties 聽harrowing the coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD). A first ...
  • 31 Jan 2025

    In brief | 21 January '25

    31 Jan 2025, 11:39 麻豆无码版 Team Euractiv: Norway鈥檚 governing coalition breaks over EU energy rules row Norway is bound to adopt EU energy laws as a member of the European Economic Area 鈥 which the eurosceptic Centre Party has opposed. FT: 脴rsted replaces ...
  • 21 Jun 2023 |

    Climate activist coalition to target east German coal mine in Sunday protest

    21 Jun 2023, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Coal Society 麻豆无码版 A broad coalition of climate activist groups have said they will stage a protest at an opencast lignite mine in East Germany and call for a rapid end to coal this Sunday (25 June). 鈥淚t is ...
  • Slump in EU election raises pressure on Merkel's coalition as Greens surge on climate worries

    27 May 2019, 15:43 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ruling parties have taken another blow in the European elections, further rattling the fragile government coalition, as voters increasingly turn away from the established forces in the political centre. Against the backdrop of ...
  • 24 Nov 2023 |

    Germany faces shortage of 300,000 workers by 2030 as demand for jobs in renewable industry rises 鈥 report

    24 Nov 2023, 12:46 Carolina Kyllmann Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 A shortage of at least 300,000 skilled workers by 2030 looms over Germany as demand for jobs in the country's renewable energy industry sector rises, according to聽an analysis ...
  • Debate over CO2 price makes social fairness key issue in German election campaign

    03 Jun 2021, 12:12 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices ...
  • 01 Nov 2021 |

    COP26 can put 鈥渕oral pressure鈥 on govts to reduce emissions 鈥 climate scientist

    01 Nov 2021, 08:26 The 26th UN climate change conference in Glasgow is a necessary instrument to put 鈥渕oral pressure鈥 on world governments to commit to more climate action, Stefan Rahmstorf, scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ...
  • 07 Apr 2025 |

    Green methanol best candidate to make shipping climate-neutral- report

    07 Apr 2025, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Transport Industry 麻豆无码版 Climate-neutral industrial alcohol made with renewable electricity appears to be the most suitable synthetic fuel to decarbonise international shipping, researchers from the Institute ...
  • 09 May 2019 |

    Env min says 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit likely to happen 鈥渕uch faster鈥 than by 2038

    09 May 2019, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal 麻豆无码版 The German coal exit will likely be completed before the 2038 end-date agreed on by the country鈥檚 coal exit commission, environment minister Svenja Schulze has said. 鈥淭his will happen much faster ...
  • 15 Dec 2023 |

    Green Deal 2.0 must trigger investments in European industry and infrastructure 鈥 EU lawmaker

    15 Dec 2023, 11:31 Industry and grid investments must be at the heart of the follow-up to the landmark European Green Deal policy package after the 2024 EU elections, says Bas Eickhout, member of the European Parliament. The results of the vote will shape ...
  • German coalition negotiators want to postpone 2020 climate goal

    08 Jan 2018, 00:00 The negotiation partners in Germany's ongoing coalition talks have agreed to postpone the country's 2020 emissions reduction target until "the early 2020s". Party negotiators also agreed on introducing a climate ...
  • Fridays for Future pre-election climate protest in Berlin attracts far fewer participants than in 2021

    14 Feb 2025, 13:20 Bennet Ribbeck Society Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 A climate strike in Berlin by the youth movement Fridays for Future (FfF) ahead of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 snap election at the end of next week ended up attracting far fewer ...
  • 15 Sep 2023 |

    German activists decry 鈥渨eakening鈥 of key climate law during global strike

    15 Sep 2023, 11:39 Aniket Narawad Policy Society 麻豆无码版 Climate activists in Germany have accused the government of watering down a key law to ensure emissions reductions during the global climate strike organised by the Fridays for Future ...
  • 28 Jun 2024 |

    Dispatch from France | June 2024

    28 Jun 2024, 16:00 French citizens are awaiting the upcoming snap election brought about by the dissolution of parliament following president Emmanuel Macron鈥檚 loss to the far-right in this June鈥檚 EU elections. The vote could have a profound impact on the ...
  • 29 Jul 2024 |

    Germany to protect cities against rising temperatures with urban heat strategy

    29 Jul 2024, 13:25 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cities Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung Urban greening and parasols in hotspots should help protect people in Germany's cities during periods of high heat. With a new urban heat protection strategy, the ...
  • 28 Aug 2024 |

    German court imposes almost two years jailtime for climate protester participating in road block

    28 Aug 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 / RBB / NDR A court in Germany has imposed a nearly two-year sentence for a road block climate protest by the activist group Last Generation (Letzte Generation). The local ...
  • 19 Dec 2024 |

    German Last Generation climate activist group drops name, plans focus on social issues

    19 Dec 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Society Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 The 鈥淟ast Generation鈥 (Letzte Generation) climate activist group has said it is dropping its name and will change its tactics by focusing on social issues related to climate change. ...
  • 15 Nov 2019 |

    Merkel says world heading for 3-degree warming under current climate targets, calls for higher ambitions

    15 Nov 2019, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 COP25 Stern / 麻豆无码版 The earth's surface temperature will rise by three degrees Celsius under current climate targets, meaning CO2 emissions targets especially of industrialised ...
  • 23 Jun 2021 |

    Government overturns agreement to relieve tenants of CO2 price burden

    23 Jun 2021, 13:21 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Heating dpa / Handelsblatt An agreement by the government coalition to split the extra costs from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new carbon price on heating fuels 50:50 between landlords and tenants has failed at the last ...
  • 麻豆无码版-intensive companies call for 'aggressive' renewables roll-out

    29 Nov 2019, 14:00 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert Siemens Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang Renewables Hydrogen ...
  • 22 Sep 2022 |

    German industry says decarbonisation targets remain unchagend despite crisis

    22 Sep 2022, 13:52 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Industry 麻豆无码版 The German industry plans to stick to existing ...
  • 17 Feb 2025 |

    Coal exit funding used to explore geothermal potential in Germany's most populous state

    17 Feb 2025, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Technology Heating 麻豆无码版 Research institute Fraunhofer IGE is setting up a research laboratory for geothermal energy generation in western German North Rhine-Westphalia, the country鈥檚 most populous state. ...
  • 29 Sep 2021 |

    What are the climate and energy plans of German election winner Scholz?

    29 Sep 2021, 13:42 Olaf Scholz has led Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) to an unexpected win in the country's 2021 elections. The finance minister of chancellor Angela Merkel's outgoing government has led a campaign based on continuity with ...
  • 15 Nov 2023 |

    Court ruling forces German government to reshuffle climate policy funds worth 60 billion euros

    15 Nov 2023, 13:53 A ruling by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 highest court on the government鈥檚 budget planning has declared the current funding mechanism for tens of billions of euros in climate policies is unconstitutional. The judges ruled that chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 ...
  • German gov't, EU wind sector unveil plan to cut reliance on China for key turbine magnets

    05 Aug 2025, 13:13 Jennifer Collins Wind Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 Germany's economy ministry and the European wind industry have launched a new "resilience roadmap" aimed at reducing the bloc's dependence on Chinese ...
  • German energy industry calls for ambitious heating package from next government

    11 Feb 2025, 13:43 Jack McGovan Heating Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The new German government after the election on 23 February should implement an ambitious heating package that promotes the expansion of climate-neutral heat supply, said ...
  • German government divided over hydrogen strategy 鈥 report

    03 Mar 2020, 14:13 S枚ren Amelang Energiewende Hydrogen Industry Handelsblatt German ministries continue to be divided over plans for a hydrogen economy, delaying publication of the country's highly anticipated strategy to lower emissions in high ...
  • German opposition MPs propose checking feasibility of restarting nuclear plants

    05 Nov 2024, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 / dpa / Zeit Online Lawmakers of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest opposition party alliance have called for an expert assessment of whether recently decommissioned nuclear ...
  • 06 Nov 2019 |

    Reliable climate policy needed to bolster German economy 鈥 government advisors

    06 Nov 2019, 14:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 A proactive economic policy that embraces the challenges of climate change and the energy transition and provides reliable climate policy will improve the economy's resilience ...
  • 21 Dec 2023 |

    Preview 2024: Luring green industry to EU without increasing costs a key challenge 鈥 Franco-German office

    21 Dec 2023, 10:12 Preparing a fast expansion of renewable power will be a key challenge for governments across Europe in 2024, says Sarah Jilibert-Schabram of the Franco-German Office for the 麻豆无码版 Transition (DFBEW). France and Germany both have stated ...
  • 鈥淲e want to end the sustained subsidies system of the EEG鈥

    The German Free Democratic Party (FDP) wants to 鈥渆nd the sustained subsidies system of the [Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act] EEG鈥 with its priority grid access and feed-in tariffs for renewables, writes the party in its draft programme for the autumn federal ...
  • 08 Jul 2020 |

    EU wants to become market leader in hydrogen technologies, create 1 million jobs

    08 Jul 2020, 13:14 The European Union wants to establish itself as the world leader in hydrogen technologies and will focus on ramping up electrolyser capacities in the next four years. According to the European Commission's hydrogen strategy, the ...
  • Merkel must make clear this is moment to 鈥渞ebuild better鈥 鈥 Greenpeace head

    22 Apr 2020, 15:01 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert ...
  • 25 Sep 2015

    In the media: CO2 emissions from cars; citizens' energy pushed out?

    25 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Spiegel Online 鈥淓xhaust affair: VW tricks increase doubts about climate calculations鈥 Car manufacturers are not only using tricks to stay under nitrogen oxide thresholds in tests but also to reduce ...
  • 19 May 2020 |

    Rebuff of environment advisors' report shows Merkel party's disdain of science 鈥 opinion

    19 May 2020, 14:17 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government The governing conservative CDU/CSU alliance has shrugged off concerns by the German Advisory Council on the ...
  • 07 Apr 2025 |

    Number of PV arrays in Germany passes 5 million 鈥渕ilestone鈥

    07 Apr 2025, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 Following a rapid rise in household solar panel installations, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 total number of PV arrays has passed the five million 鈥渕ilestone,鈥 according to industry association BSW-Solar. ...
  • 25 Oct 2022 |

    Digitalisation of entire energy system key to successful decarbonisation 鈥 report

    25 Oct 2022, 14:03 Kiprotich Koros Digitalisation 麻豆无码版 A successful transition to renewables will only be achieved if there is a comprehensive digitalisation of the whole energy sector, a report by research institute Fraunhofer IEE has ...
  • Most leading German parties stand by 2045 climate neutrality target ahead of snap election

    21 Feb 2025, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics ZDF Most of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading parties say they are committed to the country鈥檚 2045 climate neutrality target. In the last major聽 TV debate 聽on public broadcaster ZDF before ...
  • Ministers call for global hydrogen cooperation as climate activist says leaders have 鈥渇ailed鈥

    16 Mar 2021, 17:30 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 foreign minister Heiko Maas and economy minister Peter Altmaier have called for closer global cooperation in key energy transition areas, such as green hydrogen, to help the world reach ambitious climate targets. As renewable ...
  • Wind industry urges 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government to stand firm regarding 2050 climate-neutrality

    24 Jun 2019, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Wind International 麻豆无码版 The German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) has called on the government to stand by the aim of achieving net-zero emissions across Europe by 2050 and urged concrete ...
  • 04 Mar 2025

    In brief | 4 March '25

    04 Mar 2025, 11:39 麻豆无码版 Team Euractiv: Von der Leyen proposes more relaxed CO2 target compliance for new cars European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced she will propose a more relaxed three-year timeframe for the automotive industry ...
  • 16 Jan 2020 |

    Climate package will increase jobs but slow Germany's economic growth 鈥 analysis

    16 Jan 2020, 14:28 Expert IAB- Institute for Employment Research Institut f眉r Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung Business & Jobs Freja Eriksen Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Germany's climate package will create more jobs than a business-as ...
  • Dispute over Bavarian state government decision to delay climate neutrality target to 2045

    24 Jan 2025, 12:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics BR / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Merkur A controversial decision by the government of Bavaria to delay the German state鈥檚 climate neutrality target to 2045 has drawn heavy criticism ...
  • 06 May 2025 |

    Tracking the making of Germany's new government

    06 May 2025, 13:00 Germans cast their vote in the country's federal election on 23 February. Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz is set to become the next chancellor and will now lead the formal coalition negotiations with the Social Democrats ...
  • 13 Nov 2024

    In brief | 13 November '24

    13 Nov 2024, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team Wall Street Journal: RWE warns of U.S. election's impact on offshore wind German energy company outlines 1.6 bln dollar buyback, says project off U.S. east coast could be delayed. CNBC: Rivian-Volkswagen joint venture ...
  • NGOs and industry groups welcome European Commission鈥檚 2050 CO2-neutrality target

    29 Nov 2018, 16:24 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 International WWF / Greenpeace / DUH / BNE / VCI / BDI The European Commission鈥檚 plan to make the EU CO2-neutral by 2050 has been largely appreciated by environmental NGOs as ...
  • 10 Jan 2019 |

    German energy transition fails on emissions and efficiency 鈥 report

    10 Jan 2019, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Efficiency Die Welt Increasing efficiency is crucial for the success of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition, but there has been little progress on the issue, which is strongly neglected in comparison to ...
  • 14 Apr 2025 |

    EVs more reliable than comparable combustion engine cars 鈥 German auto club

    14 Apr 2025, 13:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Technology 麻豆无码版 Electric vehicles (EVs) tend to function more reliably and have fewer breakdowns than internal combustion engine cars (ICEs), the German Automobile Club (ADAC) has found in an聽 ...
  • Germany takes lead with 2045 net zero target but disappoints on climate finance

    07 May 2021, 15:54 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chancellor Angela Merkel has stressed the need for action against global warming, and urged countries to not fall behind on climate protection measures and financing for developing countries despite the 鈥渕assive holes鈥 in ...
  • 07 Feb 2024 |

    Germans want their country to be climate pioneer, but are split on specifics 鈥 ifo Institute

    07 Feb 2024, 13:54 Franca Quecke Climate & CO2 Policy 麻豆无码版 Most citizens want Germany to play a leading role in climate protection, but they are divided over how to achieve this, slowing down climate policy efforts, said the ifo Institute ...
  • 02 Aug 2024

    Dispatch from Poland | August '24

    02 Aug 2024, 14:20 Six months after the new ruling coalition in Poland came to power, there are still no significant changes to the country鈥檚 energy policy. The government of Donald Tusk, however, is finally getting back to work on key laws for the energy ...
  • 30 Aug 2024 |

    Campaigners call for better climate adaptation in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 "asphalt desert" schoolyards

    30 Aug 2024, 12:42 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Joey Grostern Adaptation Cities 麻豆无码版 Campaigners from the NGOs German Environmental Aid (DUH) and German Children鈥檚 Aid (DKHW) have ...
  • 14 Feb 2023 |

    Gas boilers continue to dominate German heating market, but heat pumps on the rise

    14 Feb 2023, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background While heat pump sales increased more than 50 percent in 2022, oil and gas boilers continued to dominate the German heating market, according to the annual heating ...
  • 03 Jun 2025 |

    Hydrogen imports from Africa could be much more expensive than assumed 鈥 study

    03 Jun 2025, 12:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Importing shipped green hydrogen from Africa could be more expensive for Germany than previously thought, according to a joint study by TU Munich, Oxford University and ETH ...
  • 03 Feb 2021 |

    German govt spends 鈧2bln to ramp up Autobahn e-car charging network- media report

    03 Feb 2021, 13:38 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars WirtschaftsWoche The German government will invest ...
  • 28 Aug 2024 |

    Solar panel producer鈥檚 stock price takes hit after axing U.S. plans, staying in Germany

    28 Aug 2024, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 / n-tv / NZZ The stock price of Swiss solar panel manufacturer Meyer Burger has plunged after the company聽 announced 聽it would not follow through on plans to open a new ...
  • Strong message, little substance on climate by new EU Commission head 鈥 reactions

    17 Jul 2019, 12:46 Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher ...
  • 12 Dec 2016 |

    鈥淕reen emergency programme for climate 辫谤辞迟别肠迟颈辞苍鈥

    Annual climate protection efforts must be quadrupled compared to the average over the past ten years in order for Germany to reach its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020, according to members of the Green Party parliamentary ...
  • 30 Jul 2020 |

    German state makes PV panels obligatory for new non-residential buildings

    30 Jul 2020, 13:31 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert Ministry of the Environment, Climate ...
  • 10 Jun 2020 |

    German hydrogen strategy aims for global leadership in energy transition

    10 Jun 2020, 16:10 Germany places a large bet on hydrogen produced using renewable energy in its highly anticipated national hydrogen strategy that serves to underpin the country's ambitions to become a global leader in the technology. The strategy ...
  • 27 Jan 2025 |

    German parliament to pass last-minute energy law reforms ahead of snap election

    27 Jan 2025, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Policy 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's parliament is set to pass a package of energy laws after the minority government of the Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens found agreements with the ...
  • 11 Jan 2023 |

    EU must restore 500,000 hectares of moorland per year for 1.5掳C target 鈥 report

    11 Jan 2023, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture 麻豆无码版 Germany must restore 50,000 hectares of moorland annually 鈥 and the whole of the EU 500,000 hectares 鈥 for the world to reach the Paris Agreement target of limiting global ...
  • German coalition shows disunity ahead of crucial 2025 budget talks

    31 Oct 2024, 13:27 With competing ideas for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industrial recovery, chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 three-party coalition is showing clear signs of disunity. Ahead of the crucial round of talks for agreeing next year鈥檚 budget, coalition party ...
  • 13 Aug 2024 |

    Revenues from German offshore wind tenders slump 鈥 media

    13 Aug 2024, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Wind Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 The results of Germany's latest offshore wind power auction indicate that revenues are on a sharp decline, reported energy and climate newsletter Tagesspiegel ...
  • 29 May 2020 |

    Massive offshore wind expansion could solve German hydrogen strategy gridlock

    29 May 2020, 13:01 The German government is set to make the large-scale use of offshore wind power to produce emission-free hydrogen a cornerstone of its long-anticipated national hydrogen strategy, reports Tagesspiegel Background. With additional ...
  • 20 Sep 2023 |

    German society split on climate action, policymakers must find middle ground 鈥 survey

    20 Sep 2023, 13:17 Carolina Kyllmann Society Government 麻豆无码版 Public opinion on climate action in Germany is highly polarised, with a large part of society (56%) wishing for more climate action and around a quarter (24%) denying human-caused ...
  • Hamburg mayor proposes conversion of coal plant into green hydrogen production site

    21 Feb 2020, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Hydrogen Elections & Politics Hamburger Abendblatt The mayor of Hamburg, Peter Tschentscher, has proposed shutting down the city's coal plant Moorburg "many years" earlier than the current end ...
  • Nuclear legacy costs far outweigh 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environmental protection investments

    23 Jul 2025, 12:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / taz Over half of the German environment ministry鈥檚 (BMUKN) budget for 2025 will be spent on managing the country鈥檚 nuclear waste and preparing a decision for a ...
  • 30 May 2022 |

    German government split over integrating 鈥climate money鈥 in social security system

    30 May 2022, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government Funke Mediengruppe / Bild / n-tv Plans by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 labour minister to assist households struggling with high energy prices and inflation by paying them a 鈥渟ocial climate money鈥 have led to ...
  • 07 Jun 2023 |

    German tender scheme for new gas power plants could be delayed 鈥 media report

    07 Jun 2023, 11:49 Julian Wettengel Electricity market Gas Tagesspiegel Background The government鈥檚 plan to introduce a tender system to ensure new gas-fired power plants are built 鈥 which the government considers necessary as a supplement to renewables ...
  • 14 Dec 2023 |

    Most Germans believe energy transition costs are unfairly distributed 鈥 survey

    14 Dec 2023, 13:32 Ruby Russel Cost & Prices Society 麻豆无码版 More than half of Germans say they are 鈥渧ery鈥 or 鈥渆xtremely鈥 concerned about climate change, but there is also widespread concern over the costs of the energy transition, with 55 ...
  • 23 Mar 2023 |

    Homeowners concerned about German ministry鈥檚 plans for de-facto oil and gas heating ban

    23 Mar 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Heating Handelsblatt Plans by the German economy and climate protection ministry (BMWK) to de-facto ban the installation of new oil and gas heating systems from 2024 are generating great uncertainty among homeowners, business ...
  • 21 Jul 2021 |

    Germany can fulfil entire energy demand with renewables in 10-15 years 鈥 report

    21 Jul 2021, 13:25 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Grid Renewables ...
  • 14 Dec 2022 |

    Preview 2023: Germany, EU must respond to U.S. 鈥淚nflation Reduction Act鈥- BEE

    14 Dec 2022, 13:18 Finding a proper economic policy response to the U.S. government's "Inflation Reduction Act" to lure green energy investments into German and European projects will be one of the key challenges the government is going to ...
  • 01 Sep 2021 |

    Market barrieres deter German companies from investing in rooftop solar systems- PV industry

    01 Sep 2021, 13:29 Edgar Meza Solar 麻豆无码版 / pv magazine The German Solar Association (BSW Solar) is calling for a 鈥渞apid dismantling of market barriers鈥 in view of an ongoing slump in the commercial rooftop photovoltaic (PV) segment. Companies ...
  • 02 Aug 2024 |

    麻豆无码版 costs, uncertainty fuel German industry plans to cut or relocate production 鈥 survey

    02 Aug 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Four in ten industrial companies in Germany are considering production cuts in the country or relocating parts of their production capacities outside of the country due to ...
  • 12 Oct 2020 |

    Current EU plans for farming subsidies would not benefit climate 鈥 NGO

    12 Oct 2020, 13:43 If the European Union doesn't include stricter rules for climate friendly farming in its main subsidy scheme (CAP), the farming sector will not achieve any emission reductions in the next ten years, a new report finds. Expert ...
  • German companies increase focus on adapting to climate change consequences

    29 Oct 2024, 13:32 Jack McGovan Adaptation Business & Jobs Handelsblatt German companies are increasingly investing in adaptation measures like flood protections and new cooling systems for offices and factories in their efforts to deal with the ...
  • Morocco and Germany co-chair new climate partnership programme

    The German and Moroccan governments together with the World Resources Institute (WRI) have initiated a partnership programme to help developing countries create and implement their national climate plans to meet commitments made in Paris last year. 鈥淎ny ...
  • Environmental organisations call for improved fuel consumption tests for new cars

    The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)鈥檚 revelation that newly registered passenger cars consume significantly more fuel than advertised highlights the need for better testing, environmental organisation NABU says in a press release. ...
  • Clear majority in Germany continues to support energy transition but concerns are on the rise

    21 Feb 2025, 13:38 Expert Allensbach Institute The Institut f眉r Demoskopie Allensbach (IfD Allensbach) Elections & Politics Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Der Spiegel Most German citizens still believe the energy transition is ...
  • Populists pose threat to prosperity of energy transition 鈥減ioneer鈥 Eastern Germany 鈥 government official

    02 Aug 2024, 12:34 The upcoming elections in three Eastern German states in September have put the region at the centre of attention of the country鈥檚 political landscape in 2024, especially due to the expected success of populist parties which could shake ...
  • 16 Aug 2019 |

    German economy ministry mulls action on looming solar power support cap

    16 Aug 2019, 12:11 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Solar pv magazine The ...
  • 23 Aug 2024 |

    Need e-fuels to clean up existing combustion car fleet- German auto industry

    23 Aug 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Cars 麻豆无码版 / Reuters Germany needs biofuels and synthetic fuels made from renewable electricity (e-fuels) to ensure that the country's existing fleet of combustion engine vehicles can help reach climate ...
  • 11 Sep 2024

    In brief | 11 September '24

    11 Sep 2024, 11:18 Julian Wettengel EU Commission: State of the 麻豆无码版 Union Report 2024 shows EU progress The EU has managed to withstand critical risks to its security of energy supply, regain control over the energy market and prices, and accelerate ...
  • 25 Sep 2023 |

    German economy ministry plans 2060 target for negative emissions 鈥 media report

    25 Sep 2023, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Technology Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate ministry is working on a long-term strategy for negative emissions, including a 2060 target to ensure the country absorbs more greenhouse ...
  • 05 Mar 2025 |
    Gas

    German gas use to decline slower than expected due to lagging heating transition, higher needs in electricity 鈥 consultancy

    05 Mar 2025, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 Fossil gas is set to continue to play a crucial role in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy supply throughout this decade, and consumption will fall slower than authorities currently plan, said consultancy McKinsey ...
  • 18 Jul 2022 |

    Quest for energy independence set to boost 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition 鈥 report

    18 Jul 2022, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Fossil fuels Renewables 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 push for energy independence triggered by the Ukraine war could boost the country鈥檚 emission reduction efforts in the medium term, as well as economic growth and ...
  • 09 Aug 2021 |

    Germany falls behind competition in renewables exports 鈥 economic institute

    09 Aug 2021, 12:15 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang Industry 麻豆无码版 Germany finds it unexpectedly hard to translate its landmark energy transition into an export ...
  • 13 May 2019 |

    Buildings minister proposes tax rebates for climate-friendly renovation

    13 May 2019, 14:03 Julian Wettengel Efficiency Rheinische Post Horst Seehofer (CSU), German federal minister of the interior, building and community and a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 climate cabinet, will propose making the climate-friendly ...
  • 09 Nov 2020 |

    Europeans express relief, hope for climate cooperation after Biden win

    09 Nov 2020, 14:57 European leaders, researchers and media commentators breathed a collective sigh of relief following Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential elections and expressed hope for a new partnership on combating climate change. The news ...
  • 15 Nov 2024

    In brief | 15 November '24

    15 Nov 2024, 11:00 麻豆无码版 Team Eurostat: Euro area industrial production down 2.8% in September 2024 over one year ago Largest annual decreases recorded in Ireland (-7.3%), Luxembourg (-6.3%), Hungary (-5.3%) and Germany (-4.5%). The Guardian: Gas prices at ...
  • 01 Mar 2023 |

    Planned ban on new gas and oil heating sparks dispute within German govt coalition

    01 Mar 2023, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Heating dpa / BR / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The draft legislation to introduce a de-facto ban on new gas and oil heating systems in Germany starting in 2024 has sparked a dispute within the government coalition ...
  • 04 Apr 2017 |

    鈥淪ame same, but Green鈥

    The election programme drafts by the Green Party and Free Democrats (FDP) indicate areas of agreement- which would open up federal coalition possibilities 鈥 but there are considerable differences in energy and climate policy, writes Stefan Braun in ...
  • 05 Jul 2024 |

    Germany can largely cover future hydrogen demand with pipelines 鈥 report

    05 Jul 2024, 14:38 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 A large part of Germany's future hydrogen demand could be supplied to the country via pipelines from neighbouring countries, according to a report by think tanks Agora Energiewende and ...
  • 鈥淓lection programmes fail the 2-degree goal鈥

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 major parties say that they are committed to the Paris Climate Agreement, but climate protection measures specified in the election programmes of CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP and the Green Party are not enough to reach the goal of limiting global warming ...
  • Deep divisions persist over German climate plan, coal exit

    26 Oct 2016, 00:00 The rifts over the German Climate Action Plan 2050 and an exit from coal-fired power generation were highlighted at a string of events on Wednesday. Federal and regional environment ministry officials stressed the need for a framework ...
  • 03 Jul 2023 |

    French and German energy discrepancies hamper joint EU climate strategy

    03 Jul 2023, 14:15 The two most influential members of the EU, Germany and France, agree on the urgent need to jointly decarbonise Europe鈥檚 energy system and put supply security on a safer footing after the tumultuous energy crisis year 2022. Russia鈥檚 war ...
  • 25 Jan 2018 |

    EU guarantee programme could make renewables cheaper in Central and Southeastern Europe

    The EU could significantly reduce the financing costs of developing its renewable energy potential by setting up a guarantee programme,聽according to a study by energy think tank Agora Energiewende*. 鈥淥ne euro of public funding would leverage 50 euros of ...
  • Future ambition of Germany's energy transition faces test in upcoming election in eastern states

    30 Aug 2024, 12:42 Three eastern German states will elect a new government in September 2024, marking a potentially pivotal moment in the post-reunification history of the country and for the future of its climate and energy transition policies. The ...
  • Reactions from energy and climate community to collapse of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government

    07 Nov 2024, 10:29 Following the break-up of Germany's governing coalition, the country's energy industry urged rapid snap elections to give companies much-needed investment security in uncertain times. Youth climate movement Fridays for Future ...
  • 10 Feb 2025

    In brief | 10 February '25

    10 Feb 2025, 13:25 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Baltic states switch to European power grid, ending Russia ties The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from Russia's electricity grid to the EU's system, severing Soviet-era ...
  • 2024 EU elections: Reactions from Germany

    10 Jun 2024, 13:44 German businesses, researchers and civil society have welcomed that democratic and pro-EU parties continue to have a large majority after the 2024 EU elections, but warned that wins for the populist and far-right camp means that it ...
  • 14 Jul 2020 |

    Germany's biggest state NRW 'enters new dimension' in CO2 reduction but struggles on transport

    14 Jul 2020, 14:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany's most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has exceeded its own emissions reductions goal, news agency dpa reports in an article carried by the ...
  • 18 Mar 2020 |

    German government postpones hydrogen strategy, coal exit hearing

    18 Mar 2020, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Coal Gas Hydrogen Policy 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt / Energate The German government has adjourned a decision on the country's highly anticipated strategy on how to boost the use of hydrogen to decarbonise ...
  • 02 Jan 2024 |

    2023 hottest year on record in Germany 鈥 meteorological service

    02 Jan 2024, 13:05 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 2023 marked Germany's hottest year since records began in 1881, according to preliminary analyses by meteorological service DWD. The year's average temperature reached 10.6 ...
  • 28 Jun 2024 |

    Over 90% of Germans want govt to invest more in climate-adaptating infrastructure 鈥 survey

    28 Jun 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Society 麻豆无码版 An overwhelming majority of Germans want the country to ramp up its climate adaptation efforts and better prepare the country's infrastructure against increasingly regular ...
  • German politicians pitch design ideas for CO鈧 price

    23 Apr 2019, 13:33 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union ...
  • 02 Feb 2024 |

    German parliament passes hard fought-over 2024 budget

    02 Feb 2024, 14:35 Franca Quecke Government Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / 麻豆无码版 The German parliament has passed the 2024 federal budget after delays caused by a聽constitutional court ruling on the country's debt limit and subsequent ...
  • 09 May 2025 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new energy minister calls for 鈥渞eality check鈥 of costs and risks of renewables

    09 May 2025, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government 麻豆无码版 The new German economy and energy minister, conservative Christian Democrat (CDU) politician Katherina Reiche, has said that Germany had to 鈥渇ind a new agreement on the ...
  • Preview2018- Next German government faces urgent coal choice

    22 Dec 2017, 00:00 After a year filled with events that put 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate policy in the limelight, such as the G20 summit in Hamburg, the COP23 in Bonn, or the debate over coal in the ill-fated 鈥楯amaica coalition鈥 talks, the country鈥檚 political life ...
  • Economic prospects fall to 鈥渉istoric low鈥 in Germany as expert council urges energy investments

    09 Nov 2023, 14:20 Leading German economists have urged more innovation and investments to put the country that is still grappling with the fallout of the energy crisis and inflation back on a growth track. The German Council of Economic Experts forecasts ...
  • 19 Mar 2024 |

    Adapting Germany to climate change requires 57,000 extra jobs by 2040- report

    19 Mar 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Adapting Germany to the effects of climate change will create tens of thousands of extra jobs within 15 years, according to a report by the German environment agency (UBA). "In 2040, an ...
  • 27 Jul 2021 |

    Slow pick-up of German onshore wind expansion threatens renewables targets 鈥 industry

    27 Jul 2021, 16:55 After several years of expansion doldrums, onshore wind power development in Germany has slowly picked up in the first half of 2021, but remains insufficient for renewables expansion and climate targets, the country's wind power ...
  • EU must make rail travel key focus after 2024 elections 鈥 industry and NGOs

    15 May 2024, 12:33 Jack McGovan Transport EUElections2024 EU 麻豆无码版 Rail travel should be the focus of legislative and investment decisions in the aftermath of the 2024 EU elections, an alliance of rail industry and NGOs said in an open letter ...
  • New government gets little credit in quest to regain climate lead

    29 Mar 2018, 00:00 A new government with fresh faces for environment, energy, and transport policy is supposed to bring Germany's dented reputation as a climate policy pioneer back on track. Critics point out that apart from ambitious announcements, ...
  • 05 Jun 2024 |

    Dutch court stops gas development project in German North Sea

    05 Jun 2024, 13:54 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Edgar Meza Gas International 麻豆无码版 The highest Dutch court has put a halt to gas drilling off the German North Sea island of Borkum. The ...
  • 23 Nov 2023 |

    Steel, renewable industries call for 鈥渢ransformation summit鈥 to overcome 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 budget chaos

    23 Nov 2023, 12:48 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Industry 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 steel and renewable industries have launched a joint call for a 鈥渢ransformation summit鈥 to clarify the urgently needed funding for industry decarbonisation in the wake of ...
  • 29 Jan 2024 |

    Extreme weather events leave mark on parks and gardens across Germany 鈥 report

    29 Jan 2024, 14:40 Franca Quecke Adaptation Cities 麻豆无码版 / idw The increase in extreme weather events is taking a toll on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 urban green areas, a large-scale report by researchers from the Technical University Berlin has revealed. For ...
  • German election primer 鈥 Parties split on raising national CO2 price

    13 Aug 2021, 13:15 Many economists and climate researchers view raising the national carbon price on transport and heating fuels faster than currently planned as essential to reaching new, higher climate targets in both sectors. The debate about a ...
  • 10 Jul 2023 |

    Germany braces for heatwave impacts on health, economy and water supply

    10 Jul 2023, 13:00 Germany is bracing for summer heat and drought, as temperatures across Europe reach record levels and the rest of the world faces unparalleled extreme weather events. With the first heat warnings, dropping water levels in major rivers, ...
  • 10 May 2024 |

    Dispatch from Poland

    10 May 2024, 15:00 Poland saw a change in power last autumn when a pro-EU coalition led by former European Council president Donald Tusk took over after eight years of rule by the right-wing populist Law and Justice party (PiS). Since then, however, the ...
  • Germany ranks mid-table on market readiness for energy transition- analysis

    08 Nov 2023, 14:21 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 Germany is lagging behind European countries such as Norway and the Netherlands when it comes to transitioning its energy market away from fossil fuels, according to an ...
  • 07 Apr 2025 |

    Dispatch from Croatia | April 鈥25

    07 Apr 2025, 09:39 Croatia is making moves on renewable energy reform, including new rules for self-supply, storage, and energy communities, but long-standing challenges persist. Grid bottlenecks continue to slow solar expansion, and major energy ...
  • 02 Feb 2023 |

    EU green industry plan an 鈥榠mportant proposal鈥 to improve investment conditions 鈥 chancellor Scholz

    02 Feb 2023, 13:30 German government officials and industry associations have welcomed the EU鈥檚 proposal for a 鈥淕reen Deal Industrial Plan,鈥 intended to enhance the competitiveness of Europe's industry on the path to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions ...
  • 12 Jan 2021 |

    German transport ministry launches scrappage support programme for trucks

    12 Jan 2021, 13:48 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility Freight 麻豆无码版 The German transport ministry ...
  • 03 Feb 2025 |

    Majority of German homeowners plan to install solar power 鈥 survey

    03 Feb 2025, 13:36 Jennifer Collins Solar Cars Heating 麻豆无码版 Around two-thirds of homeowners in Germany plan to have a solar power system installed by 2029, according to a survey commissioned by Munich-based climate NGO Initiative ...
  • $100bln global climate finance target likely met in 2022, but 鈥渕uch work remains鈥

    17 Nov 2023, 13:19 Milou Dirkx Finance International COP28 麻豆无码版 The 100 billion U.S. dollars that developed economies aimed to raise annually for climate action in developing countries was likely reached for the first time in 2022, said the ...
  • German coal exit timetable to be settled in last minute talks

    23 Jan 2019, 18:16 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 detailed coal exit path and the end-date to coal-fired power generation remain unknown only days before a highly anticipated phase-out proposal is due to be published. A leaked draft of the final report of the country鈥檚 coal ...
  • 20 Jan 2022 |

    Onshore wind expansion in Germany at 2011 level as industry hopes grow

    20 Jan 2022, 12:01 Germany's onshore wind power capacity is recovering from years of depressed expansion, but is still not close to levels necessary for the country鈥檚 renewables targets for 2030, the country's wind power industry聽said in its ...
  • 17 Mar 2020 |

    Germany's weather service starts ten-year forecast to improve climate adaptation

    17 Mar 2020, 14:32 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables 麻豆无码版 A new decade-long weather forecast made by Germany's ...
  • 07 Mar 2024 |

    German citizens call for more urban greening to combat summer heat

    07 Mar 2024, 13:38 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation Society 麻豆无码版 Citizens expect the German government to take decisive action against the consequences of climate change, and are calling for the greening of inner cities to counter increasing heat, as ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Social Democrats cast doubt over plan to return of CO2 income to citizens

    15 Dec 2023, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang Carbon market Cost & Prices Policy Zeit Online The German government might not have enough money to pass on revenues from its national carbon price to citizens as a compensation for rising climate protection costs as ...
  • 28 Jul 2020 |

    TenneT records offshore wind power growth of more than 20 percent in North Sea

    28 Jul 2020, 12:23 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Edgar Meza Wind 麻豆无码版 Dutch transmission grid operator聽TenneT recorded a more than 21 percent increase in offshore wind energy transmission from the North Sea to ...
  • 17 Feb 2023 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry wants to delete CO2 certificates from coal exit

    17 Feb 2023, 12:55 S枚ren Amelang Carbon market Coal Table.Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate ministry (BMWK) wants to take all CO鈧 certificates from the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) that will be freed up by the country鈥檚 coal exit off the market. ...
  • 04 Feb 2021 |

    German govt decides new renewables quota for transport fuels, doubles EU target

    04 Feb 2021, 11:15 Germany will increase the share of renewable energies in its transport sector to 28 percent by 2030, the government cabinet decided today, agreeing on draft legislation proposed by the environment ministry. The greenhouse-gas reduction ...
  • 01 Nov 2023 |

    German finance minister rejects 2030 coal exit without affordable and secure alternatives

    01 Nov 2023, 13:01 Carolina Kyllmann Coal K枚lner Stadt-Anzeiger / 麻豆无码版 Germany's finance minister Christian Lindner has rejected a coal phase out by 2030 if the country lacks affordable energy, newspaper K枚lner Stadt-Anzeiger reported. ...
  • 25 Oct 2024

    In brief | 25 Oct '24

    25 Oct 2024, 11:00 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Germany sees 鈧12.6 billion less in tax income by 2028 Finance minister Christian Lindner highlighted that the 鈧7 billion in subsidies earmarked for US chipmaker Intel Corp in 2024 鈥 which paused its investment on a ...
  • 14 Aug 2024 |
    Gas

    NGOs to take legal action against state permit for fossil gas drilling in German North Sea

    14 Aug 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 Several environmental NGOs have said they will take legal action against a partial permit for a planned controversial gas extraction project off the coast of Germany and the Netherlands in the ...
  • Renewables levy could be reduced to zero by 2021 鈥 German 麻豆无码版 Agency (dena)

    07 Jul 2020, 13:22 Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cost & Prices Green stimulus 麻豆无码版 German households ...
  • Bavaria premier wants coal exit, rejects mining state demands

    12 Dec 2018, 14:11 Bavarian state premier Markus S枚der called for a national exit from coal-fired power generation but rejected the current financial demands from coal-mining states to cushion the phase-out. In a speech on his new government鈥檚 priorities, ...
  • 08 Sep 2023 |

    Fossil fuel boiler phase out in Germany to save much less CO2 than originally planned

    08 Sep 2023, 15:13 S枚ren Amelang Heating Policy 麻豆无码版 A new law for the phase out of oil and gas boilers in Germany was agreed upon in parliament today (8 September 2023), though changes to the original plans following controversy within the ...
  • 05 Feb 2020 |

    Siemens 麻豆无码版 ready to be at centre of global climate debate- CEO

    05 Feb 2020, 13:21 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Industry Reuters / Deutsche Welle Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser is ready for Siemens 麻豆无码版- an energy business it plans to spin off by September- to be at the centre of the ...
  • 30 Jan 2024 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Last Generation climate activists announce strategy change, ditch roadblock protests

    30 Jan 2024, 13:15 Ruby Russel Climate & CO2 Society Clean 麻豆无码版 Wite / ARD Climate activist group Last Generation, whose members are famous for gluing themselves to roads to halt traffic, have announced that they will no longer use this ...
  • 04 Jun 2024 |

    Chancellor says renewables strength boosts East Germany's industrial outlook

    04 Jun 2024, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Industry 麻豆无码版 The states of eastern Germany are benefitting from the transition towards a climate neutral economy and are well-positioned to emerge as a strong industrial hub thanks to their ...
  • 10 Jul 2025 |

    Planned new German gas power plants must be switched to hydrogen 鈥 industry and NGO alliance

    10 Jul 2025, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 A group of environmental NGOs and hydrogen industry companies have called on the German government to ensure that new gas-fired power plants that are planned as backup for the electricity ...
  • 09 Aug 2023 |

    Less than one in five Germans say govt鈥檚 climate policy moving too fast 鈥 survey

    09 Aug 2023, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Policy Society Bild Three quarters of Germans worry about their future in regards to climate change, and many citizens say the government is not taking action rapidly enough,聽 a survey 聽by pollster INSA, commissioned by ...
  • One in four Germans support short-haul flight ban- survey

    28 May 2021, 12:48 Edgar Meza Mobility Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / Wirtschaftswoche Nearly one in four Germans support a ban of short-haul flights, according to a YouGov survey commissioned by news agency dpa, Handelsblatt reports. One in ...
  • 11 Feb 2025 |

    Plasma start-ups offer alternative to hydrogen for decarbonising industry's heat consumption

    11 Feb 2025, 13:57 Jack McGovan Industry Hydrogen Handelsblatt Plasma technologies could open new options for decarbonising heat supply in industrial processes, offering an alternative to the use of green hydrogen, newspaper Handelsblatt reported. Swedish ...
  • New business mindset bolsters Paris Agreement- German official

    29 Nov 2018, 12:35 The rise of populism and unilateralists like US President Donald Trump increasingly challenge the rules-based international order and put global climate action as pledged in the Paris Agreement at risk. Still, a changing mind-set in ...
  • 04 Nov 2021 |

    Funding, burden sharing of climate action loom over quiet coalition talks in Germany

    04 Nov 2021, 14:09 Finding sources of funding for climate action and ensuring a fair distribution of benefits and costs among different groups in society look set to become the main challenges for negotiators of a new German government coalition. While ...
  • 10 Jan 2024 |

    Social Democrats double down on plans to reform 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 debt limit rule to secure future investments

    10 Jan 2024, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Social Democrats (SPD) are doubling down on their efforts to achieve a reform of the country鈥檚 constitutionally enshrined limit on new government lending, the ...
  • 22 Nov 2023 |

    Germany only making tentative progress with energy transition 鈥 research

    22 Nov 2023, 12:46 Jack McGovan Renewables Energiewende 麻豆无码版 Although there are positive signs in the expansion of renewable energies, electric cars and heat pumps, new figures made available by the Ariadne project show progress in the German ...
  • City of Berlin scraps budget public transport ticket in austerity move

    19 Nov 2024, 13:31 Ruby Russel Mobility Cost & Prices Politics Berliner Morgenpost The city of Berlin has agreed to cancel its 29-euro monthly public transport ticket in a bid to cut government spending. Scrapping the budget subscription price is part ...
  • 16 Jul 2024 |

    Renewables expansion and weaker economy drive record German EU ETS emissions reduction

    16 Jul 2024, 13:52 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 weakened industrial sector coupled with the expansion of renewable energy sources have resulted in a record drop in the country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions traded in the EU Emissions Trading System ...
  • 25 Jul 2025 |

    Dispatch from France | July '25

    25 Jul 2025, 14:47 The patience of France鈥檚 energy companies is wearing thin as they wait for regulations governing the sector鈥檚 future to be drawn up. President Emmanuel Macron may have insisted on the need to expand both renewable and nuclear energy but ...
  • 20 Jul 2023 |

    Support for climate movement halves as Germans reject street blockades 鈥 survey

    20 Jul 2023, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 Germans' support for the climate movement has halved following the rise of highly controversial street blockades by more radical activists, shows a survey by More in ...
  • 06 Apr 2023 |

    German certifier withdraws 鈥climate neutral鈥 label in face of growing criticism

    06 Apr 2023, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 Following growing criticism and a wave of court cases against product labels promising climate neutrality, German certifier ClimatePartner is withdrawing its 鈥榗arbon neutral鈥 label. ...
  • 16 Sep 2024

    In brief | 16 September '24

    16 Sep 2024, 12:13 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Travel chaotic, damage mounts after Central European floods Widespread flooding in central and eastern Europe from days of unrelenting rain is playing havoc with rail transportation and causing more evacuations of ...
  • 11 Nov 2024 |

    German government renews call for more climate finance donors as COP29 starts

    11 Nov 2024, 13:49 Julian Wettengel International COP29 麻豆无码版 As the UN climate change conference COP29 gets underway, Germany is continuing its push to include countries beyond the rich industrialised economies among those to contribute ...
  • 12 Jun 2024 |

    German managers no longer consider green transformation a top priority 鈥 survey

    12 Jun 2024, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Handelsblatt Sustainability issues have slid down the list of German managers鈥 priorities, a poll by business consultancy Horvath has revealed,聽 reports 聽newspaper Handelsblatt. The green transformation ...
  • Preview2019- BUND: Germany's energy policy will change substantially

    07 Jan 2019, 09:30 The impending phase-out plan for coal power in Germany will have a profound impact on the country's entire energy policy, says Antje von Broock of environmental organisation Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND). The NGO is a member ...
  • 24 Jan 2019 |

    Mobility transition more challenging for government than Energiewende

    24 Jan 2019, 12:10 Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the transport sector Transport Cars Freight Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cars S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 mobility transition is a matter for Chancellor Angela ...
  • 10 Sep 2020 |

    Most cruise ship operators don't have real climate strategy 鈥 NABU

    10 Sep 2020, 13:59 Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport 麻豆无码版 The majority of cruise ship operators in Europe lack a real strategy for ...
  • 01 Jul 2024 |

    Adapting to effects of climate change now legally binding in Germany

    01 Jul 2024, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Policy 麻豆无码版 / Zeit / n-tv A law requiring German municipalities, states and the country as a whole to adapt to the effects of climate change has now come into force (1 July). For the first time, ...
  • Most people in Germany clueless how new EU carbon price will affect heating costs 鈥 survey

    24 Apr 2025, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices Heating 麻豆无码版 / ZDF Many people in Germany have no idea that the planned expansion of EU carbon pricing could significantly push up their fossil fuel heating costs, in some ...
  • 24 Jun 2021 |

    German housing association criticizes new climate requirements for residential buildings

    24 Jun 2021, 13:55 Edgar Meza Efficiency Die Welt Climate-neutrality in the residential building sector cannot be achieved with ever-more efficiency and insulation requirements, especially if real estate prices are to remain affordable, says the Federal ...
  • Env min Hendricks: "Nothing less than transforming our society"

    31 Jul 2017, 00:00 Environment minister Barbara Hendricks has been at the helm of Germany's climate protection efforts for the past four years. During her tenure, the country has contributed substantially to brokering the Paris Agreement and put ...
  • IPCC report: must not waste time on climate 鈥 German env min

    The IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5掳C, released today, shows the urgent need for ambitious climate action, according to the German government. In a press release, environment minister Svenja Schulze said the key message of the report is that ...
  • 12 Mar 2025 |

    Grid expansion and flexibility could reduce European electricity prices 鈥 report

    12 Mar 2025, 13:25 Edgar Meza Grid Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 The expansion of European electricity grid infrastructure and measures to increase demand flexibility could lead to a significant reduction in power prices, according to a report by ...
  • Alliance believes in 鈥楤erlin 2030 climate neutral鈥 referendum success despite little political support

    22 Feb 2023, 13:52 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Cities Society 麻豆无码版 The initiators of an upcoming referendum on committing the German capital Berlin to 2030 climate neutrality have expressed confidence the vote will be successful, ...
  • 13 Apr 2023 |

    Greens and Fridays for Future denounce radical climate protests by Last Generation group

    13 Apr 2023, 12:59 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government dpa / Der Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 Ahead of a major protest in Berlin announced by the climate activist group Last ...
  • 11 Mar 2025 |

    Germany explores underground caverns as seasonal heat storage sites

    11 Mar 2025, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Handelsblatt Germany is stepping up its research on geothermal energy storage, a way of storing heat energy between seasons using water, business daily Handelsblatt reported. Research is currently underway in ...
  • 18 Oct 2024 |

    Dispatch from France | October '24

    18 Oct 2024, 10:56 The new government of prime minister Michel Barnier was announced on 21 September, with the 2025 budget following on 10 October. To reduce the public deficit to 5 percent of the country's economy by 2025, and to 3 percent by 2027, ...
  • 31 Jan 2025 |

    German companies struggling to fulfil CBAM emissions reporting requirements 鈥 consultancy

    31 Jan 2025, 13:06 Joey Grostern Carbon market Business EU 麻豆无码版 Around three quarters of German companies are not able or only partially able to report emissions data from their suppliers outside of the EU, with two-thirds fearing that this ...
  • 鈥淩ed-Green-Red鈥 state coalition in Bremen wants to declare 鈥climate 别尘别谤驳别苍肠测鈥

    02 Jul 2019, 13:39 Freja Eriksen Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The likely next government coalition of Social Democrats, Greens and the Left Party in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 smallest state Bremen wants to declare a ...
  • 10 Nov 2021 |

    Day 10 at COP26: Germany stresses need for both ambitious political outcome & strong rulebook

    10 Nov 2021, 17:04 With the goal to "keep 1.5掳 within reach", many see this year's COP26 in Glasgow as the most important UN climate change conference since the landmark 2015 Paris summit.聽 麻豆无码版 tracks the latest views and comments from ...
  • 19 May 2015 |

    Merkel and Hollande urge ambitious push for climate agreement

    19 May 2015, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have thrown their weight behind an ambitious and urgent push to make the Paris climate summit a success. The international community must start work now in order to ...
  • 08 Jun 2022 |

    German govt to curtail state prerogatives and cancel wind power distances- media

    08 Jun 2022, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Reuters / ARD Minimum distances for wind power turbines from residential areas could be suspended by Germany's federal government in a bid to accelerate the technology鈥檚 sluggish expansion, public broadcaster ...
  • 05 Dec 2022 |

    Radical climate protests face broad rejection in Germany

    05 Dec 2022, 09:35 With motorway and airport blockades as well as attacks on artworks, climate activists have caused a stir in Germany. The actions have provoked mainly negative reactions from politicians, the media and the general public, following ...
  • 20 Jan 2025

    In brief | 20 January '25

    20 Jan 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Trump to declare national energy emergency, unlocking new powers Actions set to touch full spectrum of the US energy industry in bid to unleash domestic production. European Commission: Strategic dialogue on the ...
  • Germany aims to initiate sustainable development goals 鈥渃atch-up race鈥 at UN summit 鈥 env minister

    18 Sep 2023, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 Germany's environment minister Steffi Lemke wants to ensure that a United Nations (UN) summit in New York this week "initiates a race to catch up" on the ...
  • 29 May 2024 |

    Developed countries reach $100 bln annual climate finance target two years late 鈥 OECD

    29 May 2024, 13:42 Julian Wettengel International 麻豆无码版 Developed countries finally made good on their pledge to mobilise 100 billion U.S. dollars in climate finance for developing countries in 2022, two years later than promised, the ...
  • 21 Jun 2018

    First 100 days- German government in disarray neglects energy policy

    21 Jun 2018, 16:13 An internal brawl in the German government's conservative camp over immigration has a paralysing effect on the country's energy and climate policymaking. After 100 days in office, the government coalition officially has to ...
  • 20 Jun 2019 |

    Germany should keep coal exit roadmap as flexible as possible 鈥 energy agency head

    20 Jun 2019, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Coal Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government must implement the key recommendations given by its coal exit commission, but the proposal should not be followed to the letter to maintain necessary flexibility in ...
  • 12 Nov 2024

    In brief | 12 November '24

    12 Nov 2024, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team ICCI: State of the Cryosphere 2024 鈥 Lost Ice, Global Damage 50 leading cryosphere scientists warn that current climate commitments, leading the world to well over 2掳C of warming, would bring disastrous and irreversible ...
  • 18 Dec 2019 |

    Germany sets goal of cutting primary energy use by 30 percent by 2030

    18 Dec 2019, 13:31 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert DENEFF- German Industry ...
  • 23 Jul 2025 |

    Germany doesn鈥檛 connect a single offshore wind turbine to grid in first half of 2025

    23 Jul 2025, 12:39 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The number of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 offshore wind turbines connected to the grid has remained stuck at 1,639 since the end of 2024,聽the country鈥檚 offshore wind association BWO has said.聽Their combined ...
  • 21 Aug 2024 |
    Gas

    Germany's Scholz expects gas extraction project in North Sea to go ahead 鈥 media

    21 Aug 2024, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Augsburger Allgemeine / dpa Germany's Olaf Scholz considers a gas drilling project off the coast of Germany and the Netherlands as likely, as environmentalists continue to push back, the chancellor told radio ...
  • Supermarket chain Rewe stops advertising own-brand products as 鈥climate 苍别耻迟谤补濒鈥

    12 Aug 2022, 11:58 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon market Company climate claims WirtschaftsWoche The German supermarket chain Rewe has said that it will ...
  • 01 Aug 2024 |

    Cooperation with China needed to achieve 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2030 EV target 鈥 analysis

    01 Aug 2024, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 goal of having 15 million electric cars on roads by 2030 could be missed by up to 6 million cars without cooperation with China and improved regulations and ...
  • 05 Sep 2023 |

    Germany's energy transition off track 鈥 McKinsey

    05 Sep 2023, 14:55 Jennifer Collins Energiewende 麻豆无码版 Germany is off track regarding many areas of its famed energy transition, with several indicators either "unrealistic" or at risk, consultancy firm McKinsey聽 found in its ...
  • 02 Feb 2022 |

    German environment ministry funds moorland protection in Africa

    02 Feb 2022, 13:40 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture International 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment ministry (BMUV) will launch four new projects worth a total of 32 million euros to protect wetlands and peatlands abroad, it announced on the occasion of ...
  • 16 Jan 2024 |

    Climate bonus must start by 2027 the latest, when new EU emissions trading system begins- govt

    16 Jan 2024, 13:01 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Government Zeit Online The German government has said that the allocation of so-called 'climate bonus' (Klimageld) to citizens to help alleviate high CO2 costs must start at the latest when the new ...
  • 08 Dec 2020 |

    Bosch plans to start production of fuel cell power stations in 2024

    08 Dec 2020, 13:30 Edgar Meza Storage Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 German technology company Bosch is ramping up stationary fuel cell efforts, announcing this week plans to begin full-scale production of distributed power stations based on solid oxide fuel ...
  • 23 Jun 2020 |
    EU

    German lobbying culture threatens climate-protection progress during EU presidency 鈥 NGOs

    23 Jun 2020, 13:52 EU 麻豆无码版 A group of non-governmental organisations warns in a report that corporate interests could push for and achieve climate-damaging EU legislation during the country鈥檚 upcoming EU Council presidency. Lobbycontrol and ...
  • Dispatch from Germany

    14 Jun 2024, 16:07 Poor results in the EU elections mean that governing is set to be anything but smooth sailing for Germany's ruling coalition. Pressure is mounting on all three partners 鈥 chancellor Olaf Scholz's SPD, the Green Party and the ...
  • 09 Oct 2024 |

    EU ETS must be reformed to make it more resilient to crises 鈥 analysis

    09 Oct 2024, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Carbon market 麻豆无码版 The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) should be reformed to make it more resilient to crises, such as the effects of Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine or the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
  • 05 Aug 2020 |

    German start-up offers programme to gauge residual value of e-car batteries

    05 Aug 2020, 14:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Start-ups Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A start-up from Munich has developed a programme that could help e-car producers to massively improve their assessment of the residual value of used car batteries, ...
  • 24 Aug 2020 |

    Germany to emit green 鈥渢win bond鈥 in bid to jolt sustainable finance market

    24 Aug 2020, 13:52 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz ...
  • 28 Jan 2022 |

    Plans for offshore wind power boom threaten ecosystems in North Sea 鈥 German NGO

    28 Jan 2022, 13:43 Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The planning for offshore wind power projects in German waters is ...
  • CDU chancellor candidate Laschet calls for rooftop solar subsidy programme

    30 Aug 2021, 13:40 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Edgar Meza Solar Elections & Politics Welt am Sonntag Armin Laschet, North Rhine-Westphalia鈥檚 state premier and chancellor ...
  • 11 Jun 2021 |

    Green congress delegates push for more radical manifesto as party drops in polls

    11 Jun 2021, 12:54 Green delegates are pushing for more ambitious climate policies in the party's election manifesto to be finalised at a party congress over the weekend, as the party seeks to stem a recent slide in the polls. Against the backdrop of ...
  • 13 Dec 2024 |

    Germany on course for 54 percent renewable power production share in 2024 鈥 UBA

    13 Dec 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Renewables 麻豆无码版 About 54 percent of gross power production in Germany is set to come from renewables in 2024, figures published 聽by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) have shown. With an ...
  • 18 Jul 2024 |

    Regulation needed for successful integration of computing in energy services 鈥 German agency

    18 Jul 2024, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Digitalisation 麻豆无码版 Cloud and edge computing hold great promise to increase the efficiency of a future decentralised energy system, yet the widespread use and acceptance of these solutions still face ...
  • 25 Jan 2024 |

    Strong majority in Germany supports state climate action, but little trust in policymakers 鈥 survey

    25 Jan 2024, 13:07 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 A large majority of 71 percent of voters in Germany say that the government must make sure that climate targets are met, but people lack trust in the abilities of major ...
  • 22 Feb 2021 |

    Large majority of Germans against combustion engine ban 鈥 survey

    22 Feb 2021, 12:28 Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Cars 麻豆无码版 A large majority of Germans opposes a general ban of combustion engine ...
  • 06 Apr 2020 |

    Germany's coronavirus recovery plan should help build climate-neutral economy 鈥 env min

    06 Apr 2020, 12:33 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation ...
  • Drop in coal use pushes Germany closer to 2020 climate target

    18 Dec 2019, 14:05 Germany has seen a second year of significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, as coal use fell by more than 20 percent and energy production from renewables increased, preliminary calculations by energy research group AG ...
  • 12 Nov 2024 |

    Environmental groups oppose hydropower projects in the Alps on biodiversity grounds

    12 Nov 2024, 14:05 Jack McGovan Electricity Society S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Environmental groups from Germany and Austria have come out in opposition to two proposed hydropower projects in the Alps, emphasising their negative impacts on biodiversity, ...
  • Vote25: Next gov't must bring Germany to digital age to enable flexibilisation 鈥 energy market association

    07 Jan 2025, 13:15 The next German government must achieve what the previous few have not: increasing digitalisation, says Robert Busch, managing director of the Association of 麻豆无码版 Market Innovators (bne). Electricity system flexibility can only be ...
  • Germany welcomes EU plans to lead global shift to climate-neutral industry

    17 Mar 2023, 12:21 German government officials have welcomed proposals by the European Commission to boost net-zero industries and the competitiveness of European companies in an effort to keep up with other regions of the world, such as the U.S. and ...
  • 19 Jun 2024 |

    German ministry presents draft circular economy strategy, aims to halve raw materials use by 2045

    19 Jun 2024, 11:55 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 The German environment ministry has presented a draft circular economy strategy as "a crucial element to reach climate targets and to create new possibilities for growth, ...
  • 19 May 2023 |

    Departure of energy state secretary bad news for climate action 鈥 opinion

    19 May 2023, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Policy WirtschaftsWoche / WAZ / FAZ The cronyism allegations and subsequent departure of energy state secretary Patrick Graichen, as well as the public dispute about government plans for a de-facto ban of fossil heaters ...
  • 24 Jan 2024 |

    German renewables sector employment in 2022 at highest level in a decade

    24 Jan 2024, 13:55 Carolina Kyllmann Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany's renewable energy sector employed 387,700 people in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 15 percent and the highest level in a decade, said the economy ...
  • 05 Sep 2019 |

    Germany's renewables investments falls on lower prices, slower capacity growth

    05 Sep 2019, 16:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices Investments in renewable energy were halved in Germany in 2018 compared to the year before, landing the country in fourth place in global renewable investments, said Ulf Moslener, ...
  • 09 Nov 2017 |

    COP23- Day 4: EU CO2 market deal signal for Bonn / Climate Risk Index

    09 Nov 2017, 00:00 German state secretary for environment says ETS reform shows EU can work together on climate policy / Negotiators progress on technical details of Paris rulebook / COP president Fiji was world's third most climate-impacted country ...
  • 26 Sep 2017 |

    Vote2017: Reactions to German election results

    26 Sep 2017, 00:00 Germans have handed Chancellor Angela Merkel a fourth term in the country鈥檚 federal election. Most likely, Merkel will have to start talks with the Free Democrats (FDP) and the Green Party to form a so-called "Jamaica coalition, ...
  • EU and Germany hold pivotal role to drive global climate ambition 2020

    07 Jan 2020, 11:30 Preview 2020: European climate diplomats are facing a busy 2020, and Germany looks set to play a key role as it holds the EU Council presidency in the second half of the year. After the UN climate conference in Madrid left many ...
  • 01 Apr 2025 |

    International investors prepare major lithium mining project in eastern Germany

    01 Apr 2025, 12:20 Edgar Meza Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 / MDR / epd / Tagesspiegel Background UK mining and metals company Zinnwald Lithium could begin lithium mining operations in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Eastern Ore Mountains as soon as in 2030 in ...
  • 07 Oct 2024

    In brief | 7 October '24

    07 Oct 2024, 10:53 麻豆无码版 Team Bruegel: Europe鈥檚 2040 climate target: four critical risks and how to manage them Achieving target will require massive expansion of renewable electricity generation, drastic reductions in fossil-fuel use, energy efficiency ...
  • France, Germany vow to cooperate on industry transformation, back EU probe into Chinese EVs

    14 Sep 2023, 13:36 Increasing international competition in the transition to a more sustainable economy will require tight-knit cooperation among EU countries and a tough stance on defending the bloc from unlawful trade subsidies abroad, the economy ...
  • 27 Nov 2024 |

    Germany's heat pump industry calls for investment security to boost sales and meet climate targets

    27 Nov 2024, 13:01 Ruby Russel Heating 麻豆无码版 Heat pump sales in Germany are set to fall to around 200,000 units this year, from 350,000 in 2023, according to the German Heat Pump Association (BWP), which blames the 45 percent decline on ...
  • 18 Mar 2024 |

    Cement industry says Germany needs 4,800 km CO2 pipelines costing 鈧14 bln to decarbonise

    18 Mar 2024, 12:59 S枚ren Amelang Carbon removal Industry 麻豆无码版 Germany will have to build a 4,800-kilometre CO2聽pipeline network at a cost of around 14 billion euros in order to decarbonise its cement, lime, and waste incineration industries, ...
  • 12 Dec 2024 |

    German government approves climate adaptation strategy to better prepare for global warming

    12 Dec 2024, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Government 麻豆无码版 The German government has approved its climate adaptation strategy to better prepare the country for dealing with extreme weather events, such as heat waves, droughts, heavy ...
  • 13 Oct 2016 |

    鈥淪ubsidies damaging to environment at record high in transport sector鈥

    German transport subsidies worth billions of euros are harmful to the environment, a serious obstacle to the transition to a renewable mobility future, and should be abolished, according to the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Subsidies for diesel ...
  • Climate-friendly hybrid trains could replace majority of German diesel engines 鈥 study

    01 Apr 2020, 15:14 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum f眉r Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology S枚ren Amelang Mobility Transport Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Trains with alternative propulsion systems have a large market potential in ...
  • Climate policies centred on social justice counter far-right populist strategies 鈥 researcher

    19 Apr 2024, 14:30 Democratic parties across Europe should treat climate policies as a matter of social justice to combat the increasing threat of far-right populist politicians who oppose strong climate action, says Linus Westheuser, sociologist at the ...
  • CDU head鈥檚 call for climate consensus could be dead on arrival 鈥 opinion

    09 Jul 2019, 12:42 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert FDP- Free Democratic ...
  • Germany and the Netherlands aim to intensify energy cooperation

    04 Oct 2019, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Energiewende Hydrogen International 麻豆无码版 The economy ministers of Germany and the Netherlands, Peter Altmaier and Eric Wiebes, have signed a joint declaration at the sidelines of joint cabinet consultations ...
  • German parliament adopts reform to allow 鈧500 bln new debt for infrastructure and climate

    18 Mar 2025, 16:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government 麻豆无码版 Germany's parliament has adopted a constitutional reform to allow the country to take up hundreds of billions of euros in new debt to finance ...
  • Poland's Katowice COP: Next coal country hosting UN climate talks

    17 Nov 2017, 00:00 The Bonn climate summit of 2017, a short way from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest coal mining district, is almost over. But the COP will reconvene next year, 1,050 kilometres away from Bonn in Katowice, another traditional coal mining area located in ...
  • 30 Nov 2023 |

    Evaluation criteria, bonus payments could boost European renewable energy manufacturers 鈥 report

    30 Nov 2023, 13:10 Edgar Meza Renewables EU 麻豆无码版 In order to increase the market share of European manufacturers in the renewable energy sector, wind turbines and photovoltaic (PV) roof systems could receive more funding if they are produced ...
  • 08 Dec 2023 |

    Auditors say Germany should stop ineffective spending on railway and building efficiency

    08 Dec 2023, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Court of Auditors has compiled a聽 list of recommendations 聽for the country鈥檚 government to save money in several areas, including pensions, the military, ...
  • 10 Jun 2024 |

    EU election defeat bodes ill for German govt鈥檚 climate ambitions ahead of state votes

    10 Jun 2024, 14:54 Voters in Germany abandoned the parties of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government in their droves at the European elections, handing the conservative CDU/CSU alliance of European Commission leader Ursula von der Leyen a ...
  • 31 May 2022 |

    Waste heat potential largely untapped in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy independence push 鈥 opinion

    31 May 2022, 14:14 Edgar Meza Industry Heating Handelsblatt As Germany reorients its energy policy in the wake of the Ukraine war and seeks to increase gas imports from other sources than Russia, it should also promote greater energy efficiency and make ...
  • 17 Sep 2024 |

    German steel industry calls for cheaper electricity, hydrogen, lead markets for green transition

    17 Sep 2024, 13:59 Jack McGovan Industry 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt Germany's steel-producing states and industry associations have called on the federal government to introduce measures for competitive energy prices, to ramp-up the hydrogen ...
  • 28 Aug 2024

    In brief | 28 August '24

    28 Aug 2024, 09:00 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: The secret behind 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 record renewables buildout As most countries struggle to install clean energy fast enough, Germany tackled the industry鈥檚 toughest problem: slow permitting, writes Bloomberg. Bloomberg: ...
  • 27 Jan 2025 |

    Offshore wind power yield from German North Sea up 8% in 2024

    27 Jan 2025, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Wind 麻豆无码版 / dpa / Handelsbatt Offshore wind farms in the German North Sea generated around eight percent more wind power last year compared to 2023, transmission system operator TenneT said. At 20.8 ...
  • 26 Sep 2023 |

    Germany strives for establishing climate-neutral aviation industry 鈥 Scholz

    26 Sep 2023, 12:30 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum f眉r Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Edgar Meza Transport Hydrogen Die Welt / 麻豆无码版 Aviation industry representatives and political leaders in Germany have vowed ...
  • 28 May 2020 |

    German Social Democrats say EU hydrogen production ideal case for coronavirus recovery project

    28 May 2020, 12:29 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 A coordinated European green hydrogen production infrastructure is a ...
  • 06 Sep 2024 |

    One in five German company fleet cars is an electric or hybrid vehicle 鈥 survey

    06 Sep 2024, 13:27 Milou Dirkx Cars 麻豆无码版 One in five German company fleet cars in 2023 were electric, around half of which are pure battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and the other half plug-in hybrids, a survey done by state-owned development ...
  • 12 Mar 2025 |

    German energy companies say 2030 wind power targets cannot be achieved without Chinese hardware

    12 Mar 2025, 13:14 Edgar Meza Wind Security WirtschaftsWoche Despite warnings of potential security risks posed by Chinese components in wind turbines, major energy companies oppose a ban in Germany, arguing that the country's planned expansion path ...
  • 23 Nov 2023 |

    Germany, Italy push for new pipeline across Alps

    23 Nov 2023, 12:49 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Germany and Italy have agreed to expand energy cooperation in order to strengthen supply security and the transition to climate neutrality, with gas and hydrogen pipelines across the Alps ...
  • 18 Jul 2024

    In brief | 18 July '24

    18 Jul 2024, 11:00 麻豆无码版 Team Ursula von der Leyen: "We'll stay the course on the EU Green Deal and the goals we set for 2030 and 2050" " We will now focus on implementation & investment" and "put forward a Clean ...
  • 06 Jun 2016

    Grid operator says 80% renewables no problem / Environment ministry turns 30

    06 Jun 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Tagesspiegel 鈥80 percent renewables are not a problem鈥 There is much more flexibility in the German power grid to cope with renewables development than currently needed, said Boris ...
  • German parliament may renegotiate CO鈧 price level in climate package- media

    09 Dec 2019, 12:58 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party ...
  • 24 Mar 2025 |

    A quarter of Germans lack adequate access to public transportation 鈥 report

    24 Mar 2025, 13:32 Edgar Meza Mobility Transport 麻豆无码版 More than 25 percent of Germans have poor access to local public transport, according to a report by Greenpeace, which is calling on the government to improve the situation. Based on data ...
  • German conservatives flesh out climate action plans ahead of decisive cabinet meeting

    03 Sep 2019, 17:45 Following key regional elections in eastern German Saxony and Brandenburg, the conservative parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's grand coalition 鈥 the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) 鈥 have ...
  • 12 Feb 2025 |

    Germany launches wind measurements to prepare turbine expansion 280 km from shore

    12 Feb 2025, 13:55 Jack McGovan Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany has started a multi-year campaign to measure wind speeds around 280 kilometres off the German Noth Sea coast to prepare the expansion of wind farms in the area. The government is ...
  • 21 May 2021 |

    German building alliance presents plan to achieve climate targets

    21 May 2021, 12:20 Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe ...
  • 17 May 2017 |

    SPD election programme draft includes CO鈧 floor price, climate protection law

    The Social Democratic Party (SPD) wants to develop a national climate protection law and introduce a CO鈧 floor price, the party says in a first draft for the federal election campaign programme. "We will continue to develop European emissions trading ...
  • 19 Feb 2024 |

    EU approves German subsidy scheme for slashing industry emissions

    19 Feb 2024, 09:49 Julian Wettengel Industry 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt The European Commission has approved a subsidy scheme by the German government worth 4 billion euros to help reduce emissions from industry production. Support would be given ...
  • German supermarkets improve sustainability but must do more 鈥 agency

    16 Jan 2025, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Agriculture Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 The largest German supermarket chains have increased their efforts to become more sustainable, but still don鈥檛 do justice to their central role in the transformation of the ...
  • 01 Jul 2024

    In brief | 01 July '24

    01 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Reuters: Germany, Morocco agree alliance to support green hydrogen production and exports Germany is seeking to expand its reliance on hydrogen as a future energy source to cut greenhouse emissions for highly polluting ...
  • 鈥淚 want Europe to become first climate neutral continent鈥 鈥 EU top-job candidate

    11 Jul 2019, 10:30 The German candidate for the top job in the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen told European parliamentarians that tackling climate change is a top priority for the EU. She said the bloc's emission reduction goal could be ...
  • 08 Nov 2022 |

    Germany to double forest protection support, promises loss & damage finance at COP27

    08 Nov 2022, 13:51 As the UN climate change conference (COP27) gets underway in Egypt, the German government has pledged additional funding to protect forests worldwide and support the most vulnerable countries in dealing with climate risks. Chancellor ...
  • Decarbonised industry will use much more electricity, even with intensive hydrogen use- report

    05 Dec 2024, 13:05 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Industry Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 German industry demand for electricity will rise steeply during the sector鈥檚 decarbonisation even if it opts for intensive use of hydrogen, according to a聽 report 聽by a ...
  • 23 May 2019 |

    Daimler CEO announces sweeping cost review as he bows out; new Group structure

    23 May 2019, 12:19 Expert Daimler AG Transport Cars Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Cars Reuters / Daimler Daimler鈥檚 outgoing Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche has announced a sweeping cost review as he bid farewell to shareholders following more than a ...
  • For German youth activists, climate justice means more than getting to net-zero

    27 May 2021, 14:00 As climate protection has become a mainstream issue in German politics, taking up centre-stage in the election programmes of most parties, youth climate activists are broadening the scope of their activism. The Fridays for Future school ...
  • 12 Jan 2023 |

    L眉tzerath is not the right symbol for climate protests in Germany 鈥 econ min

    12 Jan 2023, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Coal Society 麻豆无码版 / ZDF German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has said he has 鈥済reat respect鈥 for climate protesters but sees the village L眉tzerath 鈥 which is due to be demolished and replaced ...
  • 10 Jan 2023 |

    Expression 鈥climate terrorists鈥 that criminalises activists voted 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈥榥on-word鈥 2022

    10 Jan 2023, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 A jury of linguists and journalists has picked the expression 鈥climate terrorists鈥 (Klimaterroristen) as 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈥榥on-word鈥 (Unwort) of the year 2022, the initiative ...
  • 02 Oct 2023 |

    Skills shortage delays global energy transition, puts climate targets at risk 鈥 report

    02 Oct 2023, 13:35 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The shortage of skilled labour is a drag on the global energy transition and could put UN climate targets at risk, says a report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) that ...
  • Draft law does not specify sectors for planned German infrastructure fund

    07 Mar 2025, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government Table Media / dpa / 麻豆无码版 First draft proposals for changes to the constitution to introduce a special fund for up to 500 billion euros worth of infrastructure investments ...
  • 14 Feb 2025

    In brief | 14 February '25

    14 Feb 2025, 10:50 麻豆无码版 Team Eurelectric: Europe needs an energy security strategy based on clean electrification A new report demonstrates the need for a new approach to energy security based on clean electrification to reduce fuel imports dependence, ...
  • 18 Jan 2024 |

    Carmakers outdo each other with EV discounts in response to German subsidy cuts

    18 Jan 2024, 13:29 S枚ren Amelang Cars Die Welt / 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 sudden cut of electric vehicle purchasing subsidies has caused carmakers to outdo each other with heavy discounts, reports Die Welt. Tesla, the U.S. electric car company, cut the ...
  • 15 Oct 2018 |

    Bavarian vote shakes Berlin coalition, leaves energy policy in limbo

    15 Oct 2018, 17:33 The ruling Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) 鈥 the sister party to Angela Merkel鈥檚 CDU and the partner in her national grand coalition government 鈥 were dealt a historic blow in the Bavarian state elections, ...
  • 27 Jan 2025 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Scholz welcomes fossil gas expansion in the U.S.

    27 Jan 2025, 13:51 Julian Wettengel Gas Politics Handelsblatt German chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed the buildout of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export infrastructure and increased efforts to extract fossil fuels in the U.S. in聽 an interview with ...
  • 06 Dec 2024 |

    Average price of new electric cars rises by 鈧4,000 to almost 鈧57,000 in Germany

    06 Dec 2024, 12:50 S枚ren Amelang Cars Electrive The average price of newly registered electric cars rose by around 4,000 euros to 56,669 euros in Germany this year, slowing the transition to climate-friendly mobility, according to the Center of Automotive ...
  • 16 Oct 2019 |

    Germany wants global consensus on addressing climate in finance

    16 Oct 2019, 12:41 With a new sustainable finance strategy, Germany's government hopes to better align financial policies with climate targets and to ensure the country moves from a cautious to a more proactive role in the budding green finance ...
  • Germany agrees new Arctic policy to counter threats from Russia and climate change

    19 Sep 2024, 11:38 S枚ren Amelang Policy International Security 麻豆无码版 / Deutschlandfunk Germany commits to 鈥渟ystematic climate and environmental protection in line with the Paris Climate Agreement鈥 in the Arctic in聽 new policy guidelines ...
  • 18 Mar 2025 |

    Outgoing German economy minister warns next govt against creating new energy dependencies

    18 Mar 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Security 麻豆无码版 / rbb 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 outgoing economy minister, Robert Habeck from the Green Party, has warned that the next government must not create new energy dependencies and should instead ...
  • How a Hessian county outpaces Germany's energy transition

    30 May 2017, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition is a vast national project that is reshaping the entire country- but it is not happening at an equal pace everywhere in the country. 麻豆无码版 takes a look at the county Marburg-Biedenkopf in the central German ...
  • 20 Mar 2023 |

    German cities debate giving in to climate activists' demands to end protests

    20 Mar 2023, 12:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society ZDF / 麻豆无码版 Several German cities are considering, or are already brokering, deals with climate activists from the group Last Generation to end their disruptive protests in ...
  • 05 Jun 2024 |

    Economy ministry delays report on effects of German coal phase-out to 2025

    05 Jun 2024, 13:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Policy Handelsblatt The German economy ministry will delay the release of a report on the impacts of the country鈥檚 coal phase-out on energy security, power prices, and the climate targets, business daily ...
  • 26 Jun 2019 |

    Renewables hit record in Germany in H1 2019, outlook uncertain

    26 Jun 2019, 12:45 Renewable energy sources delivered a fresh record in Germany in the first half of 2019 with a share of 44 percent in electricity consumption as stormy weather boosted wind power production on land and at sea, utility association BDEW ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewables output climbs to 49% of power demand in first half of 2022

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    German companies must double down on climate investments to move towards climate neutrality

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  • German Free Democrats bet on emissions trading in election manifesto

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    In brief | 13 August '24

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    Grid operators propose thousands of kilometres of new lines to meet green energy needs

    05 Feb 2019, 14:23 Germany's four transmission grid operators have published their proposal for the 2030 electricity grid, including some 1,600 kilometres of new power lines and updating another 2,900 km. This comes with a price tag of 52 billion ...
  • 01 Feb 2022 |

    Solar PV overtakes wind power capacity in Germany in 2021- media

    01 Feb 2022, 13:29 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Jessica Bateman Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Wind pv magazine / Die Welt The total ...
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    First mobility summit under chancellor Scholz remains contentious despite inviting car industry critics

    10 Jan 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 / Die Welt At 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first mobility summit under Olaf Scholz on 10 January, the German chancellor aims to renew efforts to tackle the country鈥檚 lagging emissions reduction in the ...
  • 30 May 2024 |

    Fast charging points to become mandatory for large petrol station operators in Germany

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  • 18 Feb 2025 |

    Bavaria retires last major coal plant, nuclear exit did not increase utilisation

    18 Feb 2025, 12:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Nuclear phase-out BR Southern German state Bavaria will retire its last major coal plant this week because the plant in Zolling near Munich was used less and less, also after the country completed its nuclear ...
  • 21 Sep 2018 |

    NGOs warn govt that tight housing market no excuse to neglect climate

    21 Sep 2018, 16:19 Germany will miss its climate targets for the building sector if it continues to neglect efficiency because of the increasingly tight housing market, environmental NGOs and efficiency associations warn. The climate action proponents ...
  • 14 Mar 2024 |

    Climate justice must be made central element of mitigation efforts 鈥 German Ethics Council

    14 Mar 2024, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 麻豆无码版 The costs and other burdens of climate action must be spread in a fair and balanced way across society to ensure social cohesion and avoid individual hardship, the German ...
  • Consultancies cash in on climate advice as firms race towards net zero

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  • Europe must build on nuclear fusion headstart to complement renewables 鈥 startup

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    EU approves German subsidies for ArcelorMittal green steel plans

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  • 20 May 2019 |

    Environment minister backs CCS as part of a German 2050 climate-neutrality bid

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    Faster expansion of renewables required as German ETS emissions remain unchanged 鈥 env agency

    07 Jul 2023, 13:14 Carolina Kyllmann Carbon market 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 emissions under the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) remained constant in 2022 compared to the previous year, the annual report from the German Emissions Trading ...
  • 24 May 2019 |

    Slower energy efficiency gains for family homes in Germany

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  • 17 Mar 2023 |

    EU proposal on green claims to massively impact ecolabels 鈥 NGO

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    Fridays for Future criticise radical tactics of Last Generation climate activists

    14 Aug 2023, 13:00 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Society Watson / Rheinische Post 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Fridays for Future youth climate movement has renounced the more radical tactics (such ...
  • New German finance minister must strike balance between climate spending & solid budget

    13 Dec 2021, 13:51 Few nominations for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government cabinet have caused as much international uproar as that of FDP leader Christian Lindner as finance minister. Critics have warned that the head of the pro-business party could thwart ...
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    Laying of undersea cable for gas drilling project in northern Germany temporarily halted

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    In brief | 1 August '24

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  • 13 Jan 2017 |

    Preview2017- "Coal exit must start now"

    13 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • Cities and municipalities spearhead local transport revolution

    01 Jun 2017, 00:00 A large share of the emissions from towns and cities comes from traffic. If Germany is to reach its Energiewende goals, each will have to do their bit to reduce the number of vehicles on their roads, and steer citizens towards greener ...
  • 11 Jul 2024 |

    Over 21% of jobs in Germany are 鈥済reen-driven鈥, 5% emission-intensive 鈥 OECD

    11 Jul 2024, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs More than one in five jobs in Germany are related to 鈥済reen activities鈥, while less than one in 20 are in emission-intensive industries, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...
  • 02 Feb 2023 |

    Europe steps up climate change adaptation in wake of floods and heatwaves

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  • Local stories from Germany's energy transition

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  • 麻豆无码版 and climate crunch points in German government coalition talks

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  • 25 Jul 2023 |

    A shared challenge: Attitudes about climate action in France and Germany

    25 Jul 2023, 13:30 Concerns over the impacts of climate change and demand for mitigation policy are high in France and Germany alike, which is hardly surprising given their geographic proximity and similar economic structure. However, the French and the ...
  • 06 Dec 2023 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate foreign policy strategy

    06 Dec 2023, 12:29 Germany aims to combine the strength of all its government departments to foster a socially just and economically successful move to climate neutrality worldwide with the help of a new climate foreign policy strategy. The government ...
  • 20 Sep 2017 |

    Campaign quotes: Greens and Free Democrats on Energiewende issues

    20 Sep 2017, 00:00 The Free Democrats (FDP) want a more market-led Energiewende and abolish "dreadful subsidies" to renewables, while the Green Party favours a CO2 tax and the phase-out of conventional cars. In the run-up to the federal election ...
  • Company climate claims in court: Pending cases will shape future of 'net zero' pledges

    23 Sep 2022, 10:55 Corporate climate pledges are increasingly challenged in the courts. Activists and other claimants are currently suing many firms over greenwashing, arguing they mislead consumers or investors- either by advertising vague plans to ...
  • 15 Jun 2020 |

    Geothermal energy 鈥 Germany's largely untapped renewable heat source

    15 Jun 2020, 09:30 This factsheet provides an overview of deep and shallow geothermal energy's use in Germany and their potential to cut CO2 emissions in heating. Renewables Heating Paul Hockenos Germany is not a frontrunner in geothermal energy, ...
  • Q&A: First climate and energy proposals from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 future coalition government

    10 Mar 2025, 13:00 The parties of Germany's likely next governing coalition have said they want to massively increase infrastructure spending, build new gas power plants and introduce subsidies to push the adoption of electric vehicles. Environmental ...
  • 27 Apr 2023 |

    Covering the EU鈥檚 鈥淔it for 55鈥 package of climate and energy laws

    27 Apr 2023, 11:30 The European Union is undertaking a major revamp of its climate and energy legislation to make its member states 鈥淔it for 55鈥 鈥 the bloc鈥檚 new 55 percent greenhouse gas reduction target for 2030. The European Commission presented its ...
  • 06 Dec 2021 |

    The design of Germany's new govt: A climate 鈥渟uper ministry鈥 for the Greens

    06 Dec 2021, 10:11 Germany's future government parties have agreed on how to split up the ministries between them. While the Social Democrats (SPD) will field Olaf Scholz as successor to Angela Merkel in the chancellery, the Greens will take over a ...
  • 03 Jul 2020 |

    Spelling out the coal exit 鈥 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 phase-out plan

    03 Jul 2020, 13:20 Germany has passed legislation to end coal-fired power generation by 2038 at the latest and agreed on a shutdown schedule for individual lignite power plants as well as compensation payments for operators. For hard coal, meanwhile, the ...
  • 12 Nov 2018 |

    Facts on the German state elections in Bavaria

    12 Nov 2018, 17:05 Bavaria, the picture-book state with its rich green alpine landscapes, Walt Disney-inspiring Neuschwanstein Castle, Oktoberfest and champion football club FC Bayern Munich boasts the highest amount of installed capacity of solar PV, ...
  • 麻豆无码版 Guide 鈥 Croatia caught between LNG ambitions and abundant untapped renewable energy potential

    27 Jun 2025, 12:00 The coalition of the centre-right HDZ and the right-wing Homeland Movement (Domovinski pokret), which formed the government after the early election in 2024, continues with plans to expand gas infrastructure related to the LNG terminal ...
  • Devil in the detail: The basics of company climate claims

    08 Sep 2022, 12:02 Having a "net zero" target or launching a "climate neutral" product is the new normal for companies. But these claims are difficult to verify, and mostly don't add up when checked carefully. In the worst cases, ...
  • Q&A 鈥 Germany agrees phaseout of fossil fuel heating systems

    11 Sep 2023, 13:31 After years of neglect, Germany has agreed upon concrete steps to reduce emissions from heating buildings, which are directly responsible for around 15 percent of the country鈥檚 entire CO2 output. But agreeing on the details of phasing ...
  • 19 Jul 2017 |

    Facts on the German state elections in Schleswig-Holstein

    19 Jul 2017, 00:00 Nicknamed the 鈥渃radle of the Energiewende鈥 by its own government, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 northernmost state Schleswig-Holstein embodies some of the most pressing challenges and solutions to the country鈥檚 energy turnaround. This factsheet provides a ...
  • The big players of net zero climate consulting

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    BETD side event: Climate Capitalism and a fair transition- How can business fix the climate crisis without wrecking democracy?

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    "The energy transition in Germany explained"

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